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SUSSEX 

Hrcbeeological dollections. 



HELATINO TO THE 



HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY. 



PUBLISHED BY 



Ube Su9sej arcb^ological Society* 




VOL. XLIX. 



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LEWES: 
FAENOOMBE & CO., LTD., PEINTER8. 



MCMVI. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

List of Officebs ix. 

BULES xi. 

Report of the Committee for the Year 1905 xiv. 

Statement of Accounts for the Year 1905 xvii. 

Additions to Museum and Library xix. 

Corresponding Societies and List of Honorary Members, 

WITH Dates of Election xx. 

List of Members, with Dates of Admission to the Society xxi. 

Documents Relatino to Pevensey Castle. By L, F. 

Salzmann 1 

Shulbrede Priory. By Arthur Ponsonby. {Illustrated) . . 31 

Notes from the Act Books of the Archdeaconry Court 

OF Lewes. By Walter G. Benshaw, K.G 47 

The Cluniac Priory of St. Pancras at Lewes. By W. H, 

St. John Hope, M,A. (Illustrated) 66 

Cuckfield Families: The Wardens. By the Bev, Canon 

J, H, Cooper, Vicar of Cuckfield 89 

Inscpjcptions in the Churchyard and Crypt of St. Clement's 
Church, and in the Croft Chapel and Burial Ground, 
Hastings. By Alfred Bidley Bax, F.S.A 105 

A Supposed Pre-Conquest Font at Waldron. By Philip 

Mainwaring Johnston, (Illustrated) , 126 

The Combers of Shermanbury, Chichester and Allington. 

By John Comber. (With Pedigree) 128 



VI. CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

An Ancient Painting at Aldingbourne Church. By Philip 

Mainwaring Johnston. {Illustrated) 157 

Inventory of Contents of Hailsham Parish Chest; June, 

1901. Compiled by L. F. Salzmann 159 

Notes and Queries: 

Notes Connected with the History of West Blatchington 

Church 162 

Old Sicssex Needlework 168 

Drake^s Advice in 1587 169 

Horsham Token (Seventeenth Ce^itury) 169 

Coin of Agrippa found at Nutbourne, Pulborough 170 

Britellv^ Avenal, Bector of Buxted 1 70 

Derick Carver 170 

Bronze Bracelets found at Hand Cross, Crawley 172 

Copy of an Abstract of a Conveyance of the Matior and 

Mansion Hou^e of Offington, Sussex 172 

The Manor of Ham and the Oratwick Family 173 

Notices of Some Eecent Sussex Books 175 

Index {General) 179 



LIST OF ILLrSTRAHONS. 



Shulbrede Priory, Tibits of. ^PL Ij to face Page 31 

„ „ Detah^s of Pi&g« 32 

„ „ Fresco nr. T*L 2; to face Page U 

„ „ Designs of Tiles is Prior's Chamber Page 37 

„ „ Plait of ,. 39 

Lewes Priory, East Earo of Infirmary Chapel. 

(Pl. 3) to face Page 69 

„ „ No&TH Apse of Infirmary Chapel. 

(PL 4; „ „ 70 

„ „ Infirmary Chapel, Looking East. 

(P1.5) „ „ 83 

„ „ Plan of. (PL 6) „ „ kH 

Supposed Pre-Conquebt Font at Waldron. 'PI. 7) „ „ 126 

Norman Paintino, Aldingbourne Chtrch. 'PL 8) „ „ 158 



OOTOBEI^, i9oe. 



Su66ey Htcba^olooical Societig* 



LIST OF OFFICERS. 

THE MAKQUESS OF ABERGAVENNY, K.G. 

THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, E.M., K.G. 

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. 

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON, K.G. 

THE EARL OF ASHBURNHAM. 

THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL, F.S.A. 

VISCOUNT GAGE. 

VISCOUNT GOSCHEN. 

THE LORD BISHOP OF CHICHESTER. 

LORD COLCHESTER, F.S.A. 

LORD ZOUCHE. 

THE RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY AUBREY- FLETCHER, BART., C.B., M.P. 

THE HON. SIR WILLIAM GRANTHAM. 

THE REV. CANON J. H. COOPER. 

GERALD W. E. LODER, ESQ. 

HERBERT CURTEIS, ESQ. 

C. DA VIES GILBERT, ESQ. 

I^onotatsi Sectetatsi: 

W. E. NICHOLSON, High Street, Lewes, 

SCteagurer: 

Major H. P. Molinbux, F.G.S., Old Bank, Lewes, 

(KtJitot of Collections : 

Rev. W. Hudson, F.S.A., 65, Ashley Gardens , Westminster, S.W, 

l^ori. Curator antJ l.i6rarian : 

J. H. A. Jenneb, F.E.S., School Hill, Lewes, 

l^on. Pfjotograpfjer : 

J. C. Stbnning, Steel Cross House, Tunbridge Wells, 

l^on. autJitorg: 

C. H. MoKRis, Seveirg Buildhigs, Lewes. C. L. Whiteman, Dale View, Lewes. 



XH. RULES. 

9. In the case of any Member failing to pay hie annual subecription, 
due on the Ist January, before the 25th March, the Treasurer shall 
apply to him for the same, and if the subscription is not paid on or 
before the Ist of August, if the Member shall be resident in Great 
Britiiin or Ireland, or witliin one month of his return, if he shall have 
been abroad, the Council shall have power at its discretion to erase 
his name from the list of members. Any Member intending to with- 
draw his name from the Society shall give notice, in writing, to the 
Clerk on or before the 1 st of January of his intention to do so, other- 
wise he shall be liable for the current year's subscription. 

10. As the payment of his subscription will entitle a Member to 
enjoy every benefit of the Society, so it will distinctly imply his sub- 
mission to the liules for the time being in force for the government of 
tlie Society. 

11. Two General Meetings of the Society shall be held in each year. 
The annual general meeting shall be held on the Wednesday preceding 
Lady Day at Lewes, at 12.30, when the Council shall present their 
Annual Koport and Accounts for the past year, and not less than 12 
members shall be elected to act on the Council for the succeeding 
year, any proposed alteration of the Rules shall be considered, and 
other business shall be transacted. The Local Secretaries shall also 
be elected annually at this Meeting. The second general meeting 
shall be held in June, July or August, at some place rendered interest- 
ing by its antiquities or historical associations. 

12. A Special General Meeting may be summoned by the Honorary 
Secretaries, at such place as the Council may determine, on the 
requisition, in writing, of Five Members, or of the President, or Two 
Vice-Presidents specifying the subject to be brought forward for 
consideration at such meeting, and that subject only shall be then 
considered and resolutions passed thereon. 

13. At all Meetings of the Society or of the Council the resolutions 
of the majority present and voting shall be binding. 

14. No alteration shall be made in the Rules except at the General 
Meeting in March. No proposed alteration shall be considered unless 
three months' previous notice thereof, in writing, shall have been given 
to the Council. No subject shall be discussed more than once in each 
year, except with consent of the Council. 

15. Meetings for the purpose of reading papers and the exhibition 
of antiquities may be held at such times and places as the Council 
may determine. 



RULES. XUl. 

16. All the affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Council. 

a. The Council shall consist of the President, Vice-Presidents, 
the Honorary Secretaries, the Treasurer, the Honorary Curator and 
Librarian, the Local Honorary Secretaries and not less than 1 2 Members 
(who shall be elected at the General Meeting in March). A month^s 
notice should be given of the intention of any Member to nominate a 
gentleman as a Member of Council, and the names of those pro- 
posed placed in the Library, together with that of the proposer and 
seconder. Notice of such nominations to be sent to all Members of 
the Council. 

b. The Council shall meet at Lewes (or at any other place in the 
County that a majority of the Council shall determine) on the 
Wednesdays immediately preceding the first three usual Quarter Days 
in every year, also on Wednesday in the week before Christmas week, 
and at such other times as the Hon. Secretary or Hon. Secretaries may 
determine. Three Members of the Council shall form a quorum. 

c. The Council shall, at their first meeting after the Annual 
Meeting in March, appoint a sub -committee to manage the financial 
department of the Society^s affairs. Such sub-committee shall, at each 
quarterly meeting of the General Council, submit a report of the 
liabilities of the Society, when cheques signed by three of the Members 
present shall be drawn on the Treasurer for the same. The accounts 
of the Society shall be submitted annually to the examination of two 
auditors, who shall be elected by the Council from the general body 
of the Members of the Society. 

d. The Council shall, at their first meeting after the Annual 
Meeting in March, appoint an Editor of the Society's Volume, and 
the Editor so appointed shall report the progress of the Volume at the 
Quarterly Meetings of the Council. 

e. The Council may appoint any Member Local Secretary for the 
town or district where he may reside, in order to facilitate the collection 
of accurate information as to objects of local interest ; such Local 
Secretaries shall be ex-officio Members of the Coxmcil. 



REIWT FOR 1905. 



The Council has pleasure in reporting that the Society still shows a 
tendency to increase. There are at present 706 Members, and 33 new 
Members were elected during the year. The numbers for the last 
two years are as follows : 

Ordinaxy. Life. Hon. Total. 

January Ist, 1905 612 .. 83 .. 6 .. 701 

„ „ 1906 616 .. 84 .. 6 .. 706 

At the Annual Meeting on the 22nd March,' 1905, a paper was read 
by Mr. P. M. Johnston on the remarkable ancient wall-paintings 
discovered at Trotton Church in the course of executing some repairs. 

The Autumn Meeting was held under very favourable conditions of 
weather at Winchelsea and Rye on the 17th August. Members 
assembled at Hastings at 10.15 and drove to Icklesham, where the 
Rev. G. M. Livett, F.S.A., described the Church. They then drove 
to Winchelsea, where the Church was described by Mr. P. M. 
Johnston and a paper was read by Mr. H. Sands, F.S.A. The ruined 
Chapel of the Grey Friars was also visited, by the kind permission 
of Major Stileman. From Winchelsea the party drove to Rye, where 
lunch was provided in a Marquee. The Church at Rye was described 
by Mr. J. Borrowman, jun., and a paper read by Mr. W. C. Renshaw, 
K.C. At the close of the Meeting tea was kindly provided by Mrs. 
Gasson, the Mayoress of Rye. The Society was also indebted to Mr. 
W. Dawes, the local hon. secretary, for his guidance of the party, and 
to Mr. H. E. Franks for kindly exhibiting his collection of rubbings 
of brasses. 

The Sub-Committee appointed to negotiate for the purchase of a 
site for the new Museum and Library has to report that some of the 
difficulties attendant on the Gun Garden site have been removed by 
enfranchisement, and that the services of Messrs. E. Runtz & Ford 
have been acquired as architects. Since the plans and elevations 



REPORT FOR 1905. XV. 

prepared by them are now before the landlords for approval it is hoped 
that it will not be long before the Committee can begin building. 
Major H. P. Molineux, Mr. G. W. E. Loder and Mr. H. H. Pownall 
have kindly consented to act as trustees for the Society in the building 
lease which the landlords have proposed to grant. No contract, how- 
ever, will be entered into until the plans and estimates have been 
placed before a General Meeting of the Society. 

The Council regrets that owing to ill-health and his removal from 
the County Mr. H. Michell Whitley felt compelled to resign the office 
of Hon. Secretary. Mr. W. E. Nicholson has been appointed in his 
place. Mr. 0. G. Turner has also resigned the office of Clerk and Mr. 
W. W. Davey has been appointed to succeed him. During the eight 
years in which he held the office the Society was much indebted to Mr. 
Michell Whitley for the management of its affairs, the editing of the 
Collections and the arrangement of meetings, all of which he 
effected with an industry and tact which have contributed to the welfare 
and progress of the Society. 

In reference to Lewes Priory, Mr. W. H. St. John Hope reports 
that through the kindness of Mr. Ken ward he has been permitted to 
make excavations in his garden for the purpose of finding any remains 
of the quire and transept of the Priory Church. Strong foundations 
are found to exist in many places, but no definite lines of masonry, 
and a portion of the tiled floor of the south transept was the only 
important point disclosed. By the like kindness of Mr. F. G. 
Courthope Mr. St. John Hope was allowed to sink a number of holes 
in his garden, with the result that he was able to find the rubble core 
of the western end of the Priory Church, and also of the circular 
building which enclosed the conduit and lavatory above the so-called 
'* lantern." 

Mr. St. John Hope further reports that he has elsewhere lighted 
upon the original letters in Italian of Giovanni Portinari to Cromwell, 
describing the destruction of the Priory Church. They seem to throw 
a rather different light upon the plan of the Church from that afforded 
by what can now be proved to be Eichard Moryson's somewhat 
inaccurate translation. 



XVI. REPORT FOR 1905. 

The Council rogrots that the delivery of Vol. XLVIII. of the 
Society's Collectiom was delayed by the untimely death of the Rev. 
J. L. Booker, Vicar of Klmbridge, while his corrections to the paper 
on the Culpeppers were being made. Ilis death is a real loss to 
Sussex Archieology. While Assistant Curate of Ardingly he tran- 
scribed and annotated the liegisters of that parish and of Balcombe, and 
he formed a large collection of notes on the old families of the County, 
the result of researches in the Record Office, the British Museum and 
elsewhere, which he was always ready to i)lace at the disposal of any 
Member of the Society. 

The Council wishes to express their sense of the obligations they 
are under to the Rev. W. Hudson for accepting the onerous post of 
sole Editor and for discharging its duties with such care and ability. 

During the year the Roman pavement at Bignor has been repaired 
and the tessero) fixed at the cost and under the supervision of the 
Society of Antiquaries, of London, and a probably unique wall- 
painting has been discovered in a house known as the ** Old Flushing 
Inn," Rye. The Society has made a grant towards the copying of 
this wall-painting, which will be reproduced in a forthcoming volume. 

The Council regrets to have to announce the deaths of (amongst 
others) the Rev. J. H. L. Booker, elected in 1902 ; Lieut.-Col. Wisden, 
elected in 1872; Mr. E. S. Cunliffe, elected in 1886; Miss H. A. 
Margesson, elected in 1876; the Rev. H. Mitchell, Vicar of Bosham, 
one of the oldest Members, who was elected in 1858; Mr. John 
Warren, LL.B., elected in 1871 ; and Mr. J. A. Luttmann Johnson, 
elected in 1877. 

The number of Visitors paying for admission to the Castle during 
the year was 4,551. 



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STATEMENT OF ASSETS 



LIABILITIES. 

To Subscriptions Paid in Advance 

„ Sundry small Accounts outstanding (say) 
„ Amount due on Printing Vol. XLVIII. . . 
Balance 



N.B. — In addition to the above the Society i)08se8a 

Museum and Library at Lewes Castle and 35, ! 

of the Society's Coll 

N.B. — Volumes are supplied to Members only. A] 



Ist March, 1906. 



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5 AND LIABILITIES, DECEMBER 31st, 1905. 



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£565 8 6 



ASSETS. 

£ 8. d. £ 8. d. 

By Balance in hands of Treasurer 6 5 

Cash in hands of Qerk 3 5 11 

, ,, Mrs. Morgan 5 

8 5 11 

„ £579. 158. Id. Consols at 88J 513 1 7 

,, Arrears of Subscriptions (say) 15 

,, Balance to the Credit of the "New Building 

Account" 22 16 

£565 8 6 



les a very Valuable Collection of Tapestries, Antiquarian Objects and Books in their 
Eigh Street, to which additions are constantly being made, and also the Volumes 
ections in Stock, all which assets are insured for £2,600. 

pplication should be made to the Clerk, Mr. W. W. Davbt, at 35, High Street, Lewes. 



H. P. MOLINEUX, 

Treasurer, 



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,, Amount due on Printing Vol. XLVIII. . . 
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N.B. — In addition to the above the Society possess 

Museum and Library at l^ewes Castle and 35, '. 

of the Society's Coll 

N.B. — Volumes are supplied to Members only. A] 



Ist March, 1906. 



CORKESPONDING SOCIETIES, &c. 



The Society of Antiquaries of London. 

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 

The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The Royal Institution of Cornwall. 

The Royal Yorkshire ArchsBological Society. 

The British Archaeological Association. 

The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 

The Cambridge Antiquarian Society. 

The Chester Archaeological and Historic Society. 

The Derbyshire Archaeological Society. 

The Essex Archaeological Society. 

The Kent Archaeological Society. 

The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 

The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. 

The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. 

The Powys-land Club. 

The Somersetshire Archaeological Society. 

The Surrey Archaeological Society. 

The Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 

The Smithsonian Institute, U.S. America. 

The Thoresby Society, Leeds. 

The United Architectural Societies of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Northampton, 

Bedfordshire, Worcestershire and Leicestershire; 
The Academy of History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden. 
The Woolwich District Antiquarian Society. 



The Record Office. 

The College of Arms. 

The Lambeth Palace Library. 

The Royal Institute of British Architects. 

The British Museum. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



1883. Hope, William Henry St. John, m.a., Burlington House, Piccadilly, w. 
1896. Read, Charles Hercules, f.s.a.. Secretary s.a. Lond., 22, Carlyle Square, 

Chelsea. 
1896. Round, J. Horace, 15, Brunswick Terrace, Brighton. 
1889. Tupper, Richard, Bignor Pavements, near Pulborough, Sussex. 



LIST OF MEMBEKS. 

{Bevised to October, 1906.) 



The « DENOTES Life Compounders and the Figures the Date of Entry. 

Notices of Changes of Residence and of Decease of Members should be sent 
TO the Clerk, "W. W. Davey, The Library, 35, High Street, Lewes. 



1883. *Abadie, Major-Gen. H. R., c.b.. United Service Club, Pall Mall, London, 
s.w. 

1902. Abbott, Lewis, f.g.s., 8, Grand Parade, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1868. Abergavenny, The Most Hon. the Marquess of, k.g., Eridge Castle, 

Tunbridge Wells. 

1906. Adams, J., 7, High Street, Rye. 

1896. Alderton, William Michell, Head Master, Municipal School of Science 

and Art, Grand Parade, Brighton. 

1906. Alexander, Dr. Alfred, Brown Heath House, Buxted. 

1869. *Alexander, W. C, Aubrey House, Camden Hill, Kensington. 
1899. Allfrey, Miss K. E., Friston, Wray Common Road, Reigate. 

1904. Amos, W. T., Alverston, Selhurst Road, Norwood. 

1905. Amsden, Mrs. E. B., Shirley, near Croydon. 

1899. Andrews, J., 102, Marine Parade, Worthing. 

1897. Apedaile, E. G. S., Horsham, Sussex. 

1877. *Arbuthnot, W. R., Plaw Hatch, West Hoathly, Sussex. 

1900. Arnold, H. H., Northlands, Hollington, Hastings. 

1906. Arnold, Miss M. H., The Hermitage, Emsworth. 

1886. Ashburnham, Right Hon. Earl of, Ashbumham Place, Battle, Sussex. 

1897. Ashdown, Charles H., f.c.s., f.r.g.s.. Monastery Close, St. Albans. 
1905. Ashton, T. G., m.p., Vinehall, Robertsbridge. 

1864. AthensBum Club (Secretary), Pall Mall, London, s.w. 

1901. Atkinson, Rev. G. W. Tindal, Sunnyside, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 

1903. Atkinson, Rev. W. R. Tindal, St. Andrew's Vicarage, Burgess Hill. 

1900. *Attree, C. J., 11, East Street, Horsham, Sussex. 

1876. *Attree, Col. F. W. T., r.e., f.s.a., 32, Park Mansions, Prince of Wales' 
Road, London, s.w. 

1898. Attree, G. F., 8, Hanover Crescent, Brighton. 

1888. Aubrey-Fletcher, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry, Bart., c.b., m.p.. Ham Manor, 
Angmering, Sussex. 

1903. Aylmer, Captain A., St. Anne's Crescent, Lewes. 

1901. Aylwood, Captain A., 56, Cambridge Road, Hove. 

1904. Balfour, R., Ford Place, Arundel. 

1904. Ballard, A., b.a., ll.b., Woodstock. 

1899. *Baimerman, W. Bruce, f.s.a., The Lindens, Sydenham Road, Croydon. 

1905. Barchard, F., Duddleswell, Maresfield. 

1900. Barham, Sir G., Danehurst, Hampstead, n.w., and Snape, Wadhurst. 
1879. *Barron, E. J., f.s.a., 10, Endsleigh Street, Tavistock Square, London. 

1906. Bartlett, Rev. C. B., 2, Denmark Terrace, Brighton. 
1857. *Barttelot, Brian B., Ditton, Torquay, Devon. 

1900. Barttelot, Sir Walter B., Bart., Stopham House, Pulborough, Sussex. 

1867. Barwell, Rev. Prebendary A. H. S. , f.s.a. , Blechingley House, Blechingley, 

Surrey. 

1904. Batterham, J. W., m.b., f.r.c.s., 3, Grand Parade, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



XXll. SUSSEX ARCHiEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

1891. Bftx, AlfriKl Ridley, p.k.a., Ivj Bank, Ilaverstock Hill, Hampstead. 
lSt)3. ♦Baxter, Wynne E., f.o.k., f.r.o.h., 170, Church Street, Stoke Newington, w. 
1S98. Beale, W. p]., Folkington, Poleprate, SuHnex. 

1871. Beard, Steyning, liottingdean, Sussex. 

189(5. Beatson, Surgeon-Cteneral, Vicarsgninge, Eastbourne. 

1899. Beckett, A. W., Anderida, JIarttield Uoud, Eastbourne. 

1899. Bedford, E., Newhaven, Sussex. 

1890. Bedford, Edward J., Anderida, (Jorringe Road, Eastbourne. 

1893. Bellman, Rev. A. F., Staplefleld Vicarage, near Crawley, Sussex. 

1880. Bennett, Rev. l*rebendary F. it., The Prebendal House, Chichester. 

1900. Berlin Royal Library, per Asher & Co., 13, Bedford Street, London, w.c. 

1899. Bevan, Rev. R. A. C, Rectory, llurstpierpoint, Sussex. 

1893. Bevan, Richard Alexander, Horsgate, Cuckfield, Sussex. 

1895. Beves, Major Edward Ijeslie, Redcroft, Dyke Road, Brighton. 
1906. Bickerton, John Martin, m.a., m.k. Oxon, 40, First Avenue, Hove. 

1901. Bicknell, A. S., Barcombe House, Barcombe, Sussex. 
1877. Bigg, E. F., The Hyde, Slaugham, Crawley, Sussex. 
1897. Birmingham, City of, Free library (per A. Capel Shaw). 
1882. Bishop, M. H., St. Anne's Terrace, Lewes. 

1894. Blaauw, Mrs., Heathlands, Grove Road, Bournemouth, Hants. 
1905. Blaber, William H., f.l.s., 34, Cromwell Road, Hove. 

1882. Blaker, Arthur Becket, 35, West Hill, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1900. Blaker, R., 6, Wallands Crescent, Lewes. 

1887. Blaker, Frederick, Warwick Street, Worthing, Sussex. 

1871. Blakiston, Very Rev. Ralph Milbum, f.s.a., The Deanery, Hadleigh, 
Suffolk. 

1901. Blencowe, Mrs., Bineham, Chailey, Sussex. 

1905. ♦Blinkhom, E., Broadwater House, Broadwater. 

1873. Blunt, W. S., Crabbet Park, Worth, Three Bridges, Sussex. 

1897. Board of Education, S. Kensington, s.w. (National Art Library, Victoria 
and Albert Museum) . 

1895. Boger, J. I. C, m.a., 77, Marine Parade, Brighton. 

1906. Boodle, Miss, Addington, Buckhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. 

1896. Borradaile, Charles, 3, Norfolk Terrace, Brighton. 
1863. *Borrer, Lindfield, Henfield, Sussex. 

1894. Borrer, Major Cary, 57, Brunswick Place, Hove. 

1899. Borrer, Miss, Brookhill, Cowfold, Horsham. 

1882. Bourdnion, F. W., Buddington, Midhurst, Sussex. 

1897. Bowden, Rev. James, Rector of Ardingly, Sussex. 
1906. Bowes, R. K., 23, York Road, Littlehampton. 

1899. Bowyer, P. A., Maskeliya, Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath. 

1892. Box, Stephen, Eldon House, Eldon Road, Eastbourne. 

1899. Boxall, W. P. Gratwicke, k.c, m.a.. Ivory's, Cowfold, Sussex. 
1897. *Boyson, Ambrose P., f.r.g.s., f.z.s., Grove Lodge, Tring, Herts. 

1889. Bray, John, Lanfranc House, St. John's Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1890. Breach, William Powell, Newham House, Steyning, Sussex. 

1906. Bridgeman, Charles George Orlando, Lucas Grange, Hayward's Heath. 

1852. *Bridger, E. K., Berkeley House, Hampton, Middlesex. 

1900. Briggs, H. Grisbrooke, 15, Bedford Grove, Eastbourne. 
1892. Brighton PubUc Library. 

1882. Brix, Mons. Camille de (Conseiller k la Cour d' Appel), 36, Rue des 

Chanoines, Caen, France. 

1892. Broad, John, Ashford, Kent. 

1905. Broad, J. W., Preston House, Lewes. 

1888. Brooke, Edward, Ufford Place, Woodbridge, Suffolk. 

1896. Brown, Edward Harley, 57, Carlisle Mansions, London, s.w. 
1903. Brown, H. J., 4, Trafalgar Square, London, w.c. 

1863. Brown, J. EUman, Buckingham Lodge, Shoreham, Sussex. 

1902. Brown, Mrs. Mellor, Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex. 
1902. Brown, Miss Mellor, Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex. 
1905. Brown, Rev. J. Cavis, Selsey Rectory, Selsey. 
1873. Browne, H. Doughty, 75, Old Broad Street, e.c. 



LIST OF MEMBEBS. XXUl. 

Ov 1894. Brydone, Beginald Marr, Petworth, Sussex. 

1905. Buckman, T., North Street, Lewes. 

1897. Buckwell, G. W., Board of Trade Offices, Barrow-in-Furness. 

1892. Buckwell, John C., North Gate House, Pavilion, Brighton. 

1897. Bull, WiUiam, 75, St. Aubyns, West Brighton. 

1896. Burdon, Rev. R. J., St. Peter's Vicarage, Chichester. 

1898. Bum, G. M., Cowes, Isle of Wight. 

1900. Burrell, Sir M. Raymond, Bart., b.a., Knepp Castle, Horsham. 

1893. Burt, Henry, London Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 

1894. Burt, Rev. Emile, S. Philips, Arundel. 

1877. Burton, Alfred H., St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1902. Butt, G. W., Wilbury, Beach Road, littlehampton. 

1899. Butts, H. H., Easeboume, Midhurst. 

1897. Campbell, Mrs. Finlay, Brantridge, Cuckfield. 

1870. Campion, W. H., c.b., Danny Park, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. 

1863. Card, Henry, 10, North Street, Lewes. 

1895. Cash, Joseph, Stanmer, Church Road, Hove, Brighton. 

1897. Cato, T. Butler, m.a., f.l.s., 20, Stanley Crescent, Notting Hill, w. 

1900. Catt, Newnham R., Uph&dhi, Beacon Road, Heme Bay. 
1904. Catt, Miss J. Willett, Sunte House, Lindfield. 

1891. *Cave, Charles, Ditcham Park, Petersfield, Hants. 

1897. Cawthom, F. T., 57, Freshfield Road, Brighton. 

1906. Challis, Arthur J., Clatterford Hall, Fyfield. 

1860. Chambers, G. F., f.r.a.s., Lethen Grange, Sydenham, Kent, s.e. 

1897. Champion, F. C. Gumey, 3, Pavilion Biuldings, Brighton. 

1903. Champneys, F. H., m.d., The Highlands, Nutley, and 42, Upper Brook, 

Street, London, w. 

1902. Chapman, C. J., 34, Upper North Street, Brighton. 

1901. Charrington, Harry Wm., St. Helens, 23, Park Crescent, Brighton. 

1900. Cheal, H., Jun., 42, Mighell Street, Brighton. 

1852. ♦Chetwynd, Hon. Mrs. Charles, Cissbury, Ascot Heath, Berkshire. 

1896. Chichester, the Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of, The Palace, Chichester. 
1852. Chichester Library Society (Secretary), Chichester. 

1901. Chilyer, Miss A., Gate House, Midhurst, Sussex. 

1894. ChippindaU-Healey, Captain John Henry, 25, Loma Road, Hove. 

1897. Christie, A. L., Tapley Park, Instow, N. Devon. 

1903. Christie, G. R. C, 2, Manor Road, Kemp Town, Brighton. 
1881. Churton, Rev. Theodore T., The Rectory, Bexhill, Sussex. 

1878. Clark, J. C, 9, Marlborough Place, Brighton. 
1890. Clarke, Charles, Boltro Road, Hayward's Heath. 

1895. Clarke, Mrs. Stephenson, Brook House, Hayward's Heath. 

1895. ♦Clarke, R. Stephenson, Borde Hill, Hayward's Heath. 
1894. Clarke, Mrs. Cecil Somers, 5, Montpellier Terrace, Brighton. 

1896. Clarke, Ronald Stanley, f.r.g.s., Rotherhill, Stedham, Midhurst. 
1866. ♦Clarke, Somers, f.s.a., 15, Dean's Yard, Westminster, s.w. 

1879. Clayton, Charles E., 10, Prince Albert Street, Brighton. 

1898. Cockbum, W. H., 1, Duke Street, Brighton. 

1889. Codrington, Rev. Prebendary R. H., d.d., 54, South Street, Chichester. 

1903. Cogan, W. P., North Pallant, Chichester. 

1868. Colchester, Lord, f.s.a., 49, Eaton Place, London, s.w. ; and Carlton Club. 

1898. Cole, C. W., r.n., Normaston, Cloudesley Road, St. Leonards. 

1900. Coleridge, H. J., Abberton, Hurstpierpoint. 

1856. ♦Coles, J. H. C, Claremont, Denton Road, Eastbourne. 

1889. Collet, Golding B., Shelley House, Worthing. 

1904. Collett, Mss F. M., 8, Marlborough Place, Brighton. 

1901. Columbia University, U.S.A. (per G. E. Stechert, 2, Star Yard, Carey 

Street, London, w.c). 

1898. Combe, Harvey T. B., Oaklands, Seddlescombe, Battle. 

1900. ♦Comber, J., High Steep, Jarvis Brook. 

1901. Constable, A. J., The Lodge, Littlehampton. 
1898. Conway, E. F., The Knoll, HoUington, Hastings. 



XXIV. SUSSEX ARCH.£OL06ICAL SOdETT. 

18W. Cook, Ifiss B., The Hall, Xutley, Sussex. 

1^99. Cook, Sfiss F., The Hall, Xutlej, Sussex. 

1904. Cooke, £. M., Tankerville, Kingston Hill, Snrrej. 
ll<90. Cooper, Rev. Canon James Hu^es, Cuckfield, Sussex. 
1890. Cooper, Rev. T. S., f.s.a., Chiddingfold, Crodalming. 
1889. Corbett, J. R., More Place, Betchworth, Suirey. 

1885. Cotching. Ale:(ander, West Lodge, Hoisham, Sussex. 

1888. Cotesworth, W. G., Roeheath, Chailey, Sussex. 

1889. Couchman, J. Edwin, Dene Place, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, Sussex. 
1873. Couling, H.. 1, Giand Avenue Mansions, West Brighton. 

1892. Couithope, F. G., Southover, Lewes. 

1846. •Couithope, G. J., Whiligh, Hawkhurst. 

1899. Cow, J., Elfinswaid, HaywBad*s Heath, Sussex. 

1877. •Cowan, T. W., p.l.8., f.o.s., p.r.m.s., Upcott House, Taunton. 

1892. Crake, William Vandeleur, Highland Cottage, Essenden Road, St. 
Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. 

1890. Crawfurd, Robert Payne, Baidland, Seaford; and Ardmillan, East 

Grinstead. 

1906. Crewdson, W., p.s.a., Southside, Dane Road, St. Leonards. 

1894. 'Cripps, Edward, High Street, Steyning, Sussex. 

1892. Cripps, F. S., 4, The Steyne, Worthing. 

1896. Cripps, John Marten, 7, Hilltop Road, West Hampstead. 

1905. Cumberlege, Mrs. H. Mordaunt, Walstead Place, Lindfield. 

1862. •Curling, George, Elgin House, Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Surrey. 

1896. Curteis, Herbert, Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham. 

1906. Curtis, James, f.s.a., v.p., k.s.l., 179, Marylebone Road, London, and 

Glenbum, Worcester Road, Sutton. 

1890. Curwen, Eldred, Withdean Court, Brighton. 

1899. Dalton, Rev. W. E., The Vicarage, Glynde, Sussex. 

1894. Danby, Mrs. T. W., The Crouch, Seaford, Sussex. 

1863. ♦Daniel -Tyssen, A., m.a., 59, Priory Road, West Hampstead. 

1899. Darby, Miss C. C, Knowls Tooth, Hurstpierpoint. 
1902. Darling, W. H., 21, New Dorset Street, Brighton. 
1906. d*Auvergne, Rev. E. F., The Vicarage, Lindfield. 

1870. Davey, Rev. Chancellor H. M., m.a., f.o.s., f.s.a., Cawley Priory, 

Chichester, Sussex. 

1871. *Davie8, Miss, 28, Hans Place, London, s.w. 
1906. Davis, Rev. R. C, Battle. 

1906. Davy, C. Hardy, 12, Eaton Place, Brighton. 

1886. Dawes, William, Wannock, Rye, Sussex. 

1892. Dawson, Charles, f.o.s., f.s.a., Uckfield, Sussex. 

1904. Dawson, Mrs., Castle Lodge, Lewes. 

1891. Deane, Rev. Canon, m.a.. Vicar of Ferring, Worthing, Sussex. 

1878. Dearsly, Rev. W. A. St. John, SwaflEham Prior, Cambridge. 
1890. Deedes, Rev. Prebendary Cecil, 32, Little London, Chichester. 

1905. Deeping, Dr. G. D., Oaklands, St. Helen's Road, Hastings. 
1857. Delves, W. Henry, 23, Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells. 
1905. Delves, W. H., Saltcote, Playden, Kent. 

1882. Denman, S., 27, Queen's Road, Brighton. 

1897. Denne, Major A. B., Chief Inspector of Explosives, Johannesburg, Trans- 

vaal, South Africa. 

1902. Dennison, T., West Vale, Arundel Road, Eastbourne. 

1895. Devonshire, His Grace the Duke of, k.o., Compton Place, Eastbourne. 

1903. Dibley, Colonel, Gaveston Place, Nuthurst, Horsham. 
1862. Dixon, Miss M. M., North Highlands, Hayward's Heath. 

1902. Dolan, R. T., 31, Enys Road, Eastbourne. 

1898. Downs, Mrs., Hamsey Cottage, Blatchington, Seaford. 

1900. Druce, G. C, Ravenscar, The Downs, Wimbledon. 

1903. Duke, F., Charlton House, Steyning. 

1873. DunMn, E. H. W., f.s.a., 70, Heme Hill, London, s.b. ; and The Heath, 
Fairlight, Hastings. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XXV. 

1901. Dumford, Miss, Midhurst, Sussex. 

1903. Dyer, F. B., High Street, Lewes. 

1903. Dyer, Rev. H. J., M.A., The Rectory, Isfield. 
1906. I^ke, Miss Julia, Camoys Ck>uit, Barcombe. 

1898. Bade, A. F. W., York Lodge, Shoreham, Sussex. 

1904. Eadon, Rev. J. E., Westboume, Emsworth. 

1897. Eastbourne Free Public library (care of H. W. FovArgue, Town Clerk). 

1874. *Easton, E., 7, Victoria Street, Westminster, s.w. 

1851. *Eden, Rev. Arthur, m.a.. Vicarage, Ticehurst, Hawkhurst. 

1900. Edwards, H. Powell, Novington Manor, near Lewes. 

1881. Eggar, T., Moungomeries, 30, Brunswick Road, Hove. 

1903. Elliott, Rev. D. Lee, The Rectory, Southover, Lewes. 
1857. ElUott, Robert, Little Hothfield, Ashford, Kent. 

1896. Ellis, GeofErey, High Mead, Brittany Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1893. Ellis, Mrs., Walstead, School Hill, Lewes. 

1890. Ellis, "William Jenner, King's CHffe, Beacon Oak Road, Tenterden, Kent. 

1861. Elphinstone, Sir Howard W., Struan, Augusta Road, Wimbledon Park, 

Surrey. 

1870. *Elwes, D. G. C, f.s.a., care of Dudley F. Gary Elwes, 5, The Crescent, 

Bedford. 

1871. Elwes, H. T., Fir Bank, West Hoathly, Sussex. 

1904. Elwes, Ven. Archdeacon E. L., Woolbeding Rectory, Midhurst. 
1881. Esdaile, J. Kennedy, Hazelwood, Horsted Keynes, Sussex. 

1899. Eustace, G. W., m.a., m.d., Carleton House, Arundel, Sussex. 
1906. Evans, Rev. A. A., Pevensey. 

1897. Evans, J. Meredyth, Hove Park Villas, Hove. 

1873. *Evang, Sir J., k.c.b., ll.d., d.c.l., f.r.s., v.p.s.a., Britwell, Berkhamsted, 

Herts. 

1906. Evans, Rev. Lewis, Eatons, Hayward's Heath. 

1894. Every, John Henry, The Croft, Lewes. 

1863. Famcombe, Joseph, Saltwood, Spencer Road, Eastbourne. 

1881. Famcombe, Richard, 183, Belgrave Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. 

1893. Famcombe, Miss, 183, Belgrave Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. 

1894. Famcombe, Edgar Leonard, 183, Belgrave Street, Balsall Heath, Birming- 

ham. 

1900. Farrant, Sir R., Rockhurst, West Hoathly, Sussex. 
1904. Feest, Francis, Funchal, Madeira Avenue, Worthing. 

1900. Felton, W. V., Sandgate, Pulborough. 

1897. Fibbens, Charles, Thistle Down, Findon, Worthing. 

1901. Field, Rev. S. B., Patcham Vicarage, Brighton. 

1904. Finch, H., Bank House, Arundel. 

1905. Finn, Arthur, Westbroke, Lydd. 

1904. Firmin, Boys, Wynscote, Crowborough 
1892. Fisher, R. C, HiU Top, Midhurst, Sussex. 

1895. Fisher, Rev. Robert, Groombridge Vicarage, Tunbridge Wells. 

1881. *Fisher, Samuel Timbrell, 16, Old Queen Street, Westminster, s.w. 

1906. Fiske, Stewart, b.a., b.c.l.. Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. 

1882. Fitz-Hugh, Major-General Henry Terrick, Streat Place, Hurstpierpoint. 

1887. ♦Fletcher, Rev. J. C. B., Mundham Vicarage, Chichester. 

1888. *Fletcher, W. H. B., Aldwick Manor, Bognor, Sussex. 

1905. Fowle, W. T., The Broadway, Hayward's Heath. 

1862. ♦Foyster, Rev. Prebendary H. B., m.a., St. Clement's Rectory, Hastings. 

1864. *Foyster, Rev. G. A., m.a., Guise House, Aspley Guise, Beds. 

1892. Frankland, Col. Colville, 67, Brunswick Place, Hove ; and Junior United 

Service Club, London. 

1890. Eraser, Rev. Preb. James, m.a., 8, St. Martin's, Chichester. 

1906. Freeland, W. B. B., Chichester. 

1864. *Freshfield, Edwin, v.p.s.a., 5, Bank Buildings, London. 

1897. *Fro8t, Edmund, m.d., Chesterfield, Meads, Eastboxime. 

1902. Frewen, Moreton, Brede Place, Brede, Sussex. 

1871. Fuller, Rev. A., m.a.. The Lodge, Sydenham Hill, s.e. 



XXvi. SUSSEX ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

1901. Gadsdon, C. R., Ashbrook Park, Hollington, St. Leonards. 

1904. Gadsdon, H. B., Whitelands, Easeboume, Midhurst. 
1878. Gage, The Right Hon. Viscount, Firle Park, Lewes. 
1906. Gaisford, J. C, Offington, Worthing. 

1895. Gardner, H. Dent, f.r.met. see, f.r.g.s., Fairmead, The Goffs, Eastbourne. 

1867. Gamham, Colonel, Densworth House, Chichester. 

1905. Gates, F. Chasemore, Nyetimber, Winchester Road, Worthing. 
1905. Gawthem, Rev. F. T., Alboume Rectory, Hurstpierpoint. 

1904. German, H., Blenheim House, Church Street, Brighton. 

1898. Gibson, Rev. R. D., Orchard Road, Eastbourne. 
1895. Gilbert, C. Davies, Manor House, Eastbourne. 

1899. Gillett, F., 3, Gildredge Road, Eastbourne. 

1901. Glennie, Rev. A. H., Lavant Rectory, Chichester. 
1899. Glover, J. Gower, 10, Rylstone Road, Eastbourne. 

1895. Godfrey, Captain Goodhart, Ivy Hatch, Horsham, Sussex. 

1902. Godlee, J. Lister, Wakes Colne Place, Essex. 

1885. *Godman, Charles B., Woldringfold, Horsham, Sussex. 

1903. ♦Godman, C. R. Bayly, Muntham, Horsham. 

1883. Godman, F. du Cane, f.r.s.. South Lodge, Cowfold, Horsham, Sussex. 
1882. Godman, Major-General R. Temple, Highden, Pulborough, Sussex. 
1877. *Godman, P. S., Muntham, Horsham, Sussex. 

1893. Goodwyn, Rev. Canon, The Vicarage, Eastbourne. ' 

1875. Gordon, Mrs. A., Church Lane House, Witley, Surrey. 

1905. Goring, C, Wiston Park, Steyning. 

1877. Goschen, Viscount, 93, Eaton Place, London, w. ; and Seacox Heath, 

Flimwell, Hawkhurst.. 

1896. Grace, Colonel Sheffield Hamilton, Knole, Frant, Sussex. 
1860. *Grantham, The Hon. Sir William, Barcombe Place, Lewes. 

1906. Gravely, Chas. Ewart, High Street, Lewes. 

1901. Graves, A. F., 9, North Street Quadrant, Brighton. 

1899. Gray, G. G., ll.d., j.p., f.r.g.s., f.l.s., 33, Wellington Square, Hastings. 

1897. Gray, Henry, Goldsmith's Estate, East Acton, w. 
1905. Green, W. D., High Garth, Balcombe. 

1898. Greenwood, J. Anderton, Funtington House, near Chichester. 

1893. *Gregory, Herbert E., Quintain House, Offham, Kent. 

1886. Griffith, A. F., 59, MontpeHer Road, Brighton. 

1886. Griffith, Rev. C. H., 4, Belmont, Dyke Road, Brighton. 

1903. Griffiths, A. E., Scotches Farm, Hurstpierpoint. 
1905. Grinstead, W. H., 11, Kilbum Terrace, Eastbourne. 

1904. Guermonprez, H. L., Dalkeith, Albert Road, Bognor. 

1878. ♦Gwynne, J. E. A., f.s.a., Folkington Manor, Polegate, Sussex. 

1898. Gwynne, R. SackvHle, Folkington Manor, Polegate, Sussex. 

1899. Hack, D., Fir Croft, Withdean, Brighton. 

1905. Hadwen, Miss B., Stone Lees, Ashurst, Tunbridge Wells. 

1900. Haines, C. R., Pulborough, Sussex. 

1880. Haines, John, 23, Hampton Place, Brighton. 

1898. Hales, E. G., 6, St. George's Place, Brighton. 

1904. Hall, B. K. King, Emsworth House, Emsworth. 

1900. Hall, D. B., Burton Park, Petworth. 

1864. *Hall, J. Eardley, Barrow Hill, Henfield, Sussex. 

1884. *Hall, WiUiam Hamilton, f.s.a., f.r. hist, s., Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells. 
1897. Halliwell, Mrs., 5, Walpole Road, Kemp Town, Brighton. 

1858. Halstead, Mrs. C. T., Chichester. 

1897. Hamsworth, E. J., The Chantry, Storrington, Sussex. 

1879. *Hannah, Very Rev. John Julius, m.a.. The Deanery, Chichester. 

1894. *Harben, Henry Andrade, Wamham Lodge, Horsham. 
1894. Harben, Sir Henry, Wamham Lodge, Horsham. 

1888. Harbord, Rev. H., Rectory, East Hoathly, Sussex. 
1900. Harley, J., m.d., Beedings, Pulborough, Sussex. 

1889. Harris, H. E., Elm Lea, Littlehampton. 

1889. Harrison, Walter, d.m.d., 6, Brunswick Place, Hove, Brighton. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XXVll. 

1878. *Harting, J. Vincent, f.s.a, 24, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, w.c. 

1891. Haslewood, Rev. Frederick Geo., ll.d., d.c.l., Chislet Vicarage, Canter- 

bury. 

1900. Hassell, R. E., Tanners Manor, Horeham Road, Sussex. 

1885. *Haverfield, Frank J., m.a., f.s.a., Christ Church, Oxford. 

1897. Haviland, Francis P., Branksome House, St. LeonMrds-on-Sea. 
1906. Hawes, Edward, Pallant House, Chichester. 

1900. Hawes, G. C, Lindfield, Sussex. 

1877. *Hawkshaw, H. P., f.s.a., 58, Jermyn Street, London, s.w. 

1903. Hayes, J. C, Isfield, Sussex. 

1889. Henriques, Alfred G., 9, Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Brighton. 

1870. Henty, Colonel C. Percival, Avisford, Arundel, Sussex. 
1894. Henty, Edwin, f.s.a., Ferring, Worthing. 

1894. Henwood, Roger, Carfax, Horsham, Sussex. 

1906. Hibbers, Hermann G., m.d., 49,.Montpelier Road, Brighton. 

1898. Hiersemann, Karl W., 3, Konigsstrasse, Leipzig, Germany. 

1903. Hill, Rev. W. S., m.a., Esp6rame, Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells. 

1875. Hillman, Aubrey, Scixonbury, Lewes. 

1905. Hills, Gordon P. G., 7, New Court, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn, w.c. 

1903. Hinds, Mrs., Tennyson Road, Worthing. 

1902. Hobart, Captain C. V. C, d.s.o., Shipley Place, Horsham. 

1897. Hobbs, E. W., m.a., Wamham House, 22, Ship Street, Brighton. 

1892. Hobbs, James, 62, North Street, Brighton. 

1898. Holgate, C. W., Knowles, Ardingly. 
1905. Holgate, Miss, Knowles, Ardingly. 

1898. Holman, Mrs. C. E., High Street, Lewes. 

1895. Holman, George, The Rowans, Wallands Park, Lewes. 
1865. *Holmes, E. C, Brookfield, Arundel. 

1865. Holmes, G. P., The Chalet, Feltham, Arundel. 

1874. Hoper, MJrs. H., Cudlow House, Rustington, Worthing. 
1897. Hordem, Rev. H. M., Singleton Rectory, Chichester. 

1895. Hounsom, W. A., New Church Road, Brighton. 

1873. *Hovenden, R., Heath Cote, Park Road Hill, Croydon, Surrey. 

1897. Hove Free Public Library (care of J. W. Lister). 

1896. Howard, Alfred J., 14, Seaside-road, Eastbourne. 

1897. Howard, H., c.e., f.s.i., m.s.a., Town Offices, Littlehampton. 

1879. Hewlett, J. W., 8, Ship Street, Brighton. 

1859. Hubbsurd, William Egerton, Selehurst, Horsham. 

1896. Hudson, Rev. W., f.s.a., 65, Ashley Gardens, Westminster, s.w. 

1896. Huggins, Charles Lang, Hadlow Grange, Buxted, near Uckfield. 

1902. Hughes, Miss E., Market Street, Brighton. 

1888. Humble-Crofts, Rev. W. J., Waldron Rectory, Hawkhurst. 

1903. Himiphreys, J. C, Homested, Cuckfield. 

1895. Hurst, C. J. B., 21, Cadogan Gardens, London, e.c. 

1905. Hurst, A. R.; The Park, Horsham. 

1904. *Huth, Captain P., RiverhaU, Wadhurst. 

1899. *Huth, E., Wykehurst Park, Bolney. 

1904. Huth, Mrs. E. A., RiverhaU, Wadhurst. 

1899. Hyde, R. R. Wentworth, Greiswell Road, Worthing. 

1871. Infield, H. J., Sylvan Lodge, Brighton. 

1905. *Inderwick, W. A., Coombsfield, Maiden, Surrey. 

1890. Ingram, Lieut. -Colonel Robert Bethime, Steyning. 
1857. Ingram, Rev. H. M., Southover, Lewes. 

1875. Ingram, Mrs. W. H., Colwell, Hayward's Heath. 
1879. Ingram, Miss, 45, Philbeach Gardens, London, s.w. 

1900. Jackson, Rev. A. A., Ashurst Rectory, Steyning. 

1897. James, William, West Dean Park, Chichester. 

1901. Jarrett, F., Rye, Sussex. 

1895. Jay, Rev. W. P., St. Anne's Vicarage, Eastbourne. 



XXVm. SUSSEX ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

1895. Jenner, J. H. A., f.e.s., School Hill, Lewes. 

1896. Joad, Mrs. L. C, Patching, Worthing. 
1904. Johnston, J. Campbell, Whyly, Framfield. 

1902. Johnston, L. P., The Cottage, Wamingcamp, Arundel. 

1897. Johnston, Philip M., 21, De CVespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London. 

1904. Kay, C. J., 53, London Road, Horsham. 

1905. Keef, H. W., HiUbre Mount, Framfield. ^ 
1889. Kelly, Rev. W. W., Aldingboume, Chichester. 

1871. Kemp, C. R., Bedford Lodge, Lewes. 

1884. Kemp, Captain William, Lyminster House, near Arimdel. 

1877. Kempe, C. E., Old Place, Lindfield ; and 28, Nottingham Place, London, w. 

1898. Kempe, C. Marshall, Chantry House, Shoreham. 

1896. Keyser, Charles E., m.a., f.s.a., Aldermaston Court, Reading; and 15, ) 

Grosvenor Place, London, s.w. 

1904. King, E. G., Fryem, Pulborough. 

1899. King, Major H., Isfield Place, Uckfield. 

1903. King, J. F. C, The Lodge, Blindley Heath, South Godstone, Surrey. 
1899. King, J. Godwin, Stonelands, West Hoathly. 

1887. Knipe, Henry R., 9, Linden Park, Tunbridge Wells. 

1901. Lacaita, C. C, Selham House, Selham, near Pet worth. 

1904. Lamb, Mrs. M., Borden Wood, Liphook. 

1886. Lambe, R., Blatchington, Seaford, Sussex. I 

1901. Lane, Mrs., Dangstein, Petersfield. j 

1 902. Lascelles, Lieut. -Colonel H. A. , Woolbeding House, Woolbeding, Midhurst. 
1861. *Leach, Miss, Apsley, Upper Bridge Road, Redhill, Surrey. 

1893. Leadam, W. W., m.d., 167, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, w. 

1899. Leatham, C. A., Windmill Lodge, Mill Road, Eastbourne. 

1888. Lee, Arthur, Westfield House, Lewes. 
1879. Legge, C. E., Ashling House, Chichester. 
1898. Legge, W. Heneage, Ringmer, Sussex. 

1904. Lennard, Rev. H. L., The Rectory, Crawley. 
1863. *Leslie, C. S., 11, Chanonry, Old Aberdeen. 

1898. Levy, Lewis, 39, Jevington Gardens, Eastbourne. 
1855. Lewes Fitzroy Memorial Free Library, Lewes. 

1892. Lewis, John, c.e., f.s.a., Fairholme, Maresfield. 

1906. Lewis, The Rev. E. P., d.d., Chalton Rectory, Homdean, Hants. 
1870. Library Congress, Washington, U.S. (care of E. G. Allen, American 

Agency, 28, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, w.c). 

1900. Lincoln's Inn Library, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C. 
1876. *Linington, G. E., Stagsdene, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. 

1899. Lintott, W., St. Anne's Crescent, Lewes. 

1870. Lister, John J., Waminglid Grange, Hayward's Heath. 
1906. Little, Miss E. W., 26, Brunswick Place, Hove. 

1871. *Liverpool, The Right Hon. the Earl of, f.s.a., Kirkham Abbey, York. 

1903. Livesay, G. H. P., Woodleigh, Worthing. 

1905. Livett, Rev. G. M., The Vicarage, Wateringbury, Kent. 

1889. Lloyd, Alfred, f.c.s., f.e.s.. The Dome, Bognor. 
1902. Lockhart, A. W., f.r. hist, s., Christ's Hospital, West Horsham. 

1894. Loder, Gerald W. E., Wakehurst Place, Ardingly. 
1863. London Corporation Library Committee (Librarian), Guildhall, London. 
1886. London Library (C. T. Hagberg Wright, Librarian), St. James' Square, w. 
1888. *Lucas, C. J., Wamham Court, Horsham, Sussex. 

1898. Lucas, J., Foxhunt Manor, Waldron, Sussex. 

1893. Lucas, Mrs., Castle Precincts, Lewes. 
1905. Luttmau -Johnson, Colonel F., d.s.o., Redhill House, Petworth, and Army 

and Navy Club. 

1899. Luxford, J. S. O. Robertson, Higham House, Robertsbridge, Sussex. 

1886. Maberly, Major Thomas Astley, Mytten, Cuckfield, Sussex. 

1905. MacCall, Rev. Archibald, St. Philip's, Arundel. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XXIX. 

1904. MacDermott, Rev. K. H., The Vicarage, Bosham. 

1883. Macfarlane, J. B., 49, East Street, Brighton. 

1904. Maitland, F. J., Friston Place, East Dean, .Sussex. 

1886. Maiden, Major Henry Charles, Copse Edge, Godalming. 

1893. March, The Right Hon. the Earl of, Goodwood, Chichester. 

1876. Margesson, Miss, The Hayes, Northiam, Sussex. 

1901. MarshaU, Miss D. E. G. Don, Chithurst, Sussex. 

1901. Marshall, Rev. W., m.a., f.s.a., 22, St. Michael's Place, Brighton. 

1881. Martin, Charles, The Watch Oak, Battle, Sussex. 

1903. Martin, W., m.a., ll.d., ll.b., 2, Garden Court, Temple, e.c. 

1890. *Matthew8, Miss M. E., 4, Medina Terrace, West Brighton. 
1899. Mc Andrew, J., Holly Hill, Coleman's Hatch, Tunbridge Wells. 

1901. Measures, R. I., The Limes, Uckfield; and Cambridge Lodge, Flodden 

Road, Camberwell, s.e. 

1906. Meates, T. A., Hammonds Place, Burgess Hill. 

1904. Mee, Rev. J. H., m.a.. The Chantry, Westboume, Emsworth. 
1879. *MelvLlle, Robert, 8, Argyle Road, Kensington, w. 

1864. Merrifield, F., 24, Vernon Terrace, Brighton. 

1902. Messel, L., Balcombe House, Balcombe. 

1899. Miles, J., High Street, Lewes. 

1868. *Milner, Rev. J., 116, Elgin Road, Addiscombe, London, w. 

1905. Mitchell, G. C, Horsham. 

1905. Mitchell, W. W., The Grange, Fittleworth, r.s.o. 

1905. Mitchell, Mrs., The Grange, Fittleworth, r.s.o. 

1886. Molineux, Major H. P., f.g.s., Old Bank, Lewes; and Momington, 
Eastbourne. 

1906. *Monk Bretton, Right Hon. Baron, c.b., Conyboro', Lewes. 

1900. Monk, Mrs., High Street, St. Anne's, Lewes. 

1904. Montgomerie, D. H., 69, Bedford Gardens, Campden Hill, London, w. 

1899. Montgomery, J., The Grammar School, Uckfield, Sussex. 

1900. Moore, T. R., 49, Seaside Road, Eastbourne. 

1893. Moro, His Grace the Duke de, Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex. 

1897. Morris, Cecil H., Seveirg Buildings, Lewes. 

1897. Morris, H. C. L., m.d., f.r.g.s., Gothic Cottage, Bognor. 

1891. Mortlock, Rev. C. F., South Bersted Vicarage, Bognor, Sussex. 
1899. Mullens, W. H., m.a., Westfield Place, Battle, Sussex. 

1899. Murray, W. Hay, 24, Gildredge Road, Eastbourne. 

1851. Napier, Rev. Prebendary C. W. A., m.a., Chichester. 

1904. Nash, Rev. E. H., The Vicarage, Firle. 

1905. Newington, C. R. K., School Hill, Lewes. 

1903. Newington, F., School Hill, Lewes. 

1895. *Newington, Mrs. C, Oakover, Ticehurst, Sussex. 

1863. *Nicholls, H., m.a.. Mill Road, Deal, Kent, and Brownihgs, Billingshurst, 
Sussex. 

1904. Nicholson, W. E., High Street, Lewes. 

1896. Nightingale, Rev. W. R., The Vicarage, Selmeston, Sussex. 
1881. *Noakes, Frederic, St. Mary's Villas, Battle, Sussex. 

1870. Norfolk, His Grace the Duke of, e.m., k.g., Arundel Castle, Arundel. 

1896. Norman, Rev. Samuel James, South Lawn, Chichester. 

1892. Norman, Simeon, London Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 

1903. Ockenden, M., a.m.i.m.e., 126, Southwark Street, London, s.e. 

1899. Ogle, Rev. J. L., m.a., Aecen Gill, Forest Row, Sussex. 

1903. *Oke, A. W., b.a., ll.m., f.o.s., f.l.s., 8, Cumberland Place, Southampton, 
and 32, Denmark Villas, Hove. 

1906. Oldacre, E. E., Stirling Place, Hove. 

1903. Oliver, E. Ward, New Place, Lingfield, Surrey. 

1868. Orme, Rev. J. B., m.a.. Rectory, Angmering, Sussex. 

1892. Ormerod, Arthur L., 99, Holywell, Oxford. 

1901. Osborne, Sir Francis, Bart., The Grange, Framfield. 

1898. Owen, R. K. W., m.a.^ Highfield, Upper Maze Hill, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



XXX. SUSSEX ABCH^OLOOICAL SOCIETY. 

1896. Fackham, Arthur B., 11, Caledonian Road, Brighton. 

1897. Padwick, Henry, m.a., Manor House, Horsham. 

1899. Pagden, Miss F. A., Alfriston, Sussex. 

1897. Pannett, A. R., 16, Boltro Road, Hayward's Heath. 

1858. Paris, G. de, 14, Norfolk Road, Brighton. 

1881. *Parkin, Thomas, m.a., f.r.o.s., Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. 

1881. Parsons, John, Wallands Crescent, Lewes. 

1903. Parsons, Mrs. Latter, 37, Pulteuey Street, Bath. 

1881. Parsons, Thomas, Nevill Lodge, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells. 

1870. Patching, E. C, Belfort, Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, Sussex. 

1897. Patching, F. W., West House, Shelley Road, Worthing. 

1896. Patching, John, 139, Ditchling Rise, Brighton. 

1897. Paxon, Arthur, 33, Brownewood Road, ftisbury Park, n. 
1901. Peacey, Rev. F^bendary, The Vicarage, Hove. 

1905. Peach, C. Stanley, Abingworth, Thakeham. 

1879. *Peckham, Rev. Harry J., Nutley Vicarage, Uckfield, Sussex. 

1898. Peel, E. L., 45, Cadogan Place, London, s.w. 

1898. Pemberton, Mrs. Leigh, Abbots Leigh, Hayward*s Heath. 

1858. *Penfold, Hugh, m.a., Rustington, Worthing, Sussex. 

1898. Penney, S. Rickman, Larkbarrow, Dyke Ro£& Drive, Brighton. 

1898. Phillips, Mrs. C. T., 40, Tissbury Road, Hove, Sussex. 

1901. Phillips, Maberly, f.s.a., Pevensey, Enfield, Middlesex. 

1904. Phillips, Rev. J. P. Bacon, The Rectory, Crowhurst. 

1900. Pickard, T. W., Glynde, Lewes. 

1904. Piffard, E. J. G., Clarence Road, Horsham. 

1897. Piper, Alderman, Oakwood, Chesswood Road, Worthing. 

1904. Plummer, H., Lyntonville, Hayward's Heath. 

1899. Podmore, E. Boyce, Manor House, Kingston-by-Sea, Sussex. 
1892. Poland, Rev. Eustace B., St. Philip's Vicarage, Burwash Weald. 

1905. Ponsonby, Arthur, Shulbrede Priory, Lynchmere, near Haslemere. 

1897. Popley, W. Hulbert, 13, Pavilion Buildings, Brighton. 

1904. Porter, W. P., Steyne Mansion, Worthing. 

1901. Postlethwaite, Miss, Castle Lodge, Lewes. 
1903. Potter, H. R., 89, Lansdowne Place, Hove. 

1885. Potter, Walter, Northcliffe, Stamford Road, Brighton. 

1899. Powell, E. C, Red Lodge, 86, Drayton Gardens, London, s.w. 

1887. Powell, Rev. Clement, Rectory, Newick, Sussex. 

1886. *Powell, C. W., Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells. 
1864. Powell, J. C, Selsfield, East Grinstead, Sussex. 
1890. Powell, Hubert John, Hill Lodge, St. Ann's, Lewes. 
1848. Powell, James D., High Hurst, Newick, Sussex. 

1899. Powell, W. W. Richmond, Old Dover House, Canterbury 

1902. Pownall, Rev. G. S., The Rectory, Buxted. 

1902. Pownall, H. H., The Ades, Chailey. 

1903. Pratt, C. de M. Caulfield, The Hermitage, Buxted. 

1881. Pratt, J. C, Southlands, Warninglid, Hayward's Heath, Sussex. 

1906. Prior, E. S., 12, Westgate, Chichester. 

1903. Pryce, H. Vaughan, m.a., 104, Bethune Road, Stamford Hill, n. 

1903. Pryce, Rev. B. Vaughan, m.a., 20, York Crescent Road, Clifton, Bristol. 

1898. Puttick, Rev. J., Rectory, Kingston-by-Sea, Sussex. 

1903. Quinnell, R., Dewbrook, Blackboys. 

1894. Raffety, J. H., The Acre, West Worthing, Sussex. 

1882. Randall, Mrs. H. L., Cocking Rectory, Midhurst, Sussex. 

1900. Randall, Rev. H. L., The Rectory, Cocking, Midhurst, Sussex. 
1894. Randall, Very Rev. R. W., 19, Earl's Court Square, London, s.w. 
1906. Ranken, Arthur Wm., Culverwood, Cross-in-Hand. 

1872. Raper, W. A., Battle, Sussex. 

1902. Ray, J. E.. Maplesdene, St. George's Road, Bexhill. 

1905. Read, T., Buckingham Road, Brighton. 

1882. Rendell, Rev. Canon Arthur Medland, St. Margaret's Vicarage, Leicester. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XXXI. 

1893. Renshaw, Walter C, ll.m., k.c, Sandrocks, near Hayward's Heath. 
1899. *Rentou, J. Hall, Rowfleld Grange, BiUlngshurst, Sussex. 
1877. Rice, R. Garraway, f.s.a., 23, Cyril Mansions, Prince of Wales' Road, 
London, s.w. ; and Carpenter's Hill, Pulborough, Sussex. 

1901. Richardson, F. R., 4, Adelaide Crescent, Hove. 

1893. Richmond and Gordon, His Grace the Duke of, k.o. , Goodwood, Chichester. 

1899. Rickard, Rev. H., Westgate, Chichester. 

1906. Rickitt, A. Benington, Kenmore Highlands, St. Leonards. 
1884. Rickman, John Thornton, Mailing Lane, Lewes. 
1876. Ridge, L. W., 5, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, w.c. 
1889. Rigg, Herbert A., m.a., f.s.a., Wallhurst Manor, Cowfold, Horsham, 
Sussex ; and 12, Stanhope Place, Hyde Park, London, w. 

1902. Roberts, Rev. A. J., Harting Vicarage, Petersfield, Hants. 

1892. Robertson, Percy Tindal, 84, Porchester Terrace, London, w. 

1896. Robinson, J. J., Managing Editor, West Sttssex Oazette, Arundel. 

1904. Robinson, W., Grave tye Manor, East Grinstead. 
1901. RodmeU, G., 26, Arlington Street, Hull. 

1893. Roemer, Baron C. H. von, Lime Park, HaUsham, Sussex. 

1882. Ross, Mrs., Tudor House, St. Helen's Road, Hastings. 

1905. Rowden, A. W., k.c, 41, Cornwall Gardens, s.w. 

1897. Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albermarle Street, London, w. 

1901. Royal Library, Stockholm, Sweden (per Wm. Dawson & Sons, St. Dunstan's 

House, London, e.g.). 
1901. Rimtz, E., Manor House, Kingston, Lewes. 
1858. Rush, Mrs., Leighton, Hatherley Crescent, Sidcup. 

1898. Russell, W. C, Haremere, Etchingham, Sussex. 

1866. Rutter, Joseph, m.d., Codrington House, Western Road, Brighton. 

1901. Saints, the Misses, Groombridge Place, Kent. 

1905. Saleebey, Rev. E. S., The Vicarage, Arundel. 
1898. Salmon, E. F., 28, Victoria Road, Shoreham. 

1896. Salzmann, L. F., Woodlands, Hope Park, Bromley, Kent. 

1883. Sanderson, Rev. Preb. Edward, Rectory, Uckfield, Sussex. 

1906. Sanderson, Sidney, 2, Victoria Place, Eastbourne. 

1900. Sands, H., f.s.a., Craythome, Tenterden, Kent. 

1895. Sankey, Percy E., 44, Russell Square, London. 

1903. Sargeant, A. R., 55, The Drive, Hove. 

1904. Saunders, J. E., Herschel Lodge, Grand Avenue, Worthing. 
1882. *Sawyer, John, Wentworth, 17, Prestonville Road, Brighton. 

1905. Sayer, C. Lane, 26, Pall Mall, London, s.w. 

1894. Sayer-Milward, Rev. W. C, Fairlight Place, Ore. 
1898. Sayers, E., Terringes, Worthing. 

1896. Scarlett, Harry, ll.b., Prestone, Firle, Lewes. 
1898. Scott, Rev. H. von Essen, South Lynn, Eastbourne. 

1891. Scrase-Dickins, Charles Robert, d.l., Coolhurst, Horsham, Sussex. 

1906. Scull, W. D., B.A. Oxon, The Pines, Crowborough Beacon. 
1900. Seligman, Mrs., Shoyswell Manor, Etchingham, Sussex. 
1869. Selmes, James, Lossenham, Newenden, Ashford, Kent. 
1898. Sergison, C. Warden, Slaugham Place, .Crawley. 

1905. Sharp, W. A., 159, Ditchling Rise, Brighton. 
1900. Shaw, Rev. W. F., West Stoke, Chichester. 
1875. Shenstone, F. S., Sutton Hall, Barcombe, Sussex. 

1906. Shrffner, Captain Sir John, Bart , r.a., Coombe, Lewes. 

1902. Shoosmith, E. Claver, Claverham Manor, Arlington, Sussex. 

1903. Sim, F. W., Rock, Washington, Pulborough. 
1898. Simmons, Miss, Mailing Street, Lewes. 

1904. Simmons, Mrs. L. J., The Crouch, Seaford. 
1904. Slade, E. F., Hambrook, Emsworth, Hants. 
1902. Slaughter, F., Jarvis, Steyning. 

1904. Smee, Miss Sylvia, 139, New Bond Street, w. 

1904. Smee, A. R., 139, New Bond Street, w. 

1905. Smith, C, 19, Compton Avenue, Brighton. 



XXXU. SUSSEX ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIEIT. 

1901. Smith, Gregory D., Fair Haven, Burwash, Sussex. 

1900. Smith, H. M., 13, South Street, Worthing. 
1903. Smith, Miss J. Elliott, OfPerton, Forest Row. 
1905. Smith, Mrs. Maxfield, Hill House, Lewes. 
1860. Smith, W. J., North Street, Brighton. 

1893. Smith, William, Ivy Bank, St. John's, Chichester. 

1902. Smitton, Mrs. E. K., Maplesden, Ticehurst, Sussex. 
1879. Snewin, H. E., Park Road, Worthing, Sussex. 
1895. *Somer8et, A. F., Castle Goring, Worthing. 

1862. *Sperling, Rev. J. H., m.a. 

1878. Springett, Edmund S., Ashfield, Hawkhurst. 

1898. Sprott, H., Maganelda, Crowborough. 

1903. Standen, Gilbert, 34, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. 

1904. *Stanford, C. Thomas, Preston Manor, Brighton. 
1897. Stapley, F. H., Sultan House, Eastbourne. 
1882. Steggall, Mrs., The Croft, Southover, Lewes. 

1876. *Stenning, A. H., East Grinstead, Sussex ; and St. Stephen's Club, 
Westminster, s.w. 

1866. Stenning, J. C, Steel Cross House, Tunbridge Wells. 

1905. Stephenson, E. S., Coombe Bank, St. Helen's Park Road, Hastings. 
1905. Stephenson, H. B., Twyford, Springfield Road, St. Leonards -on-Sea. 

1893. Stephenson, Mill, f.s.a., 38, Ritherdon Road, Upper Tooting, s.w. 
1903. Stevens, F. Bentham, Attrees, Barcombe, Lewes. 

1892. Stillwell, Major E. W., Thome House, Handcomb, Hastings. 

1903. Stockwell, ISliss L., 97, Oakwood Court, Melbury Road, Kensington. 
1858. Stone, F. W., Carlton Lodge, Tunbridge Wells. 

1867. Streatfeild, R. J., The Rocks, Uckfield, Sussex. 

1901. Streatfeild, Rev. W. C, m.a., St. Peter's Vicarage, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 
1900. Street, E. E., f.s.a., St. Martin's House, Chichester. 

1872. Strickland, W., Hailsham, Sussex. 

1897. Strong, Dr. H. J., Colonnade House, Worthing. 

1905. Sturtevant, Miss, 43, Warrior Square, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1894. Sullivan, Michael, School of Art, Brassey Institute, Hastings. 

1854. Sutton, Ven. Archdeacon R., m.a.. The Vicarage, Pevensey, Hastings. 

1886. Sutton, Thomas, 55, South Street, Eastbourne. 

1906. Talbot, Hugo, Montpelier Road, Brighton. 

1892. Taylor, Henry Herbert, 10, Brimswick Place, Hove, Brighton. 

1888. Thompson, Rev. W. OsweU, 15, Eaton Gardens, Hove. 

1904. Thorowgood, Miss H., Springfield, Bognor. 

1903. Timms, F. I., Talybent, Shakespere Road, Worthing. 

1898. Tipp, H. F., 6, Hindon Street, Belgravia, London, s.w. 

1905. Toms, H. S., The Museum, Brighton. 
1903. Tower, B. H., Lancing College, Lancing. 

1896. Towner, John Chisholm, 3, Burlington Place, Eastbourne. 

1894. Tree, Philip H., Leckhampton, HoUington Park, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1906. Treheme, George G. T., 28, Bedford Row, w.c. 

1899. Trist, G. A., Prestwood, Ifield, near Crawley. 

1903. TroUope, W. T. , Tunbridge Wells Natural History Society, Hawthomdene, 

Tunbridge Wells. 

1899. Tubbs, Mrs. L. C, Caple-ne-feme, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

1899. Tuppenney, F., La Haye, Laton Road, Hastings. 

1903. Tyacke, G. A., West Gate, Chichester. 

1894. UUathome, William G., Colinton, Vineyard Hill Road, Wimbledon Park, 
London, s.w. 

1887. Urlin, R. Denny, f.s.s.. The Grange, Rustington, near Worthing; and 

22, Stafford Terrace, Phillimore Gardens, London, w. 

1892. Veasey, Mrs., Over Hall, Colne, Engaine, Essex. 

1897. Verrall, W., Famcombe Road, Worthing. 

1902. Vine, H. T., 9, Terminus Road, Eastbourne. 

1899. Vipan, Major C., d.s.o.. Ford Bank, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XXXIU- 

899. Waddington, J., Ely Grange, Frant. 

863. *Wagner, H., f.s.a., 7, Belvedere Terrace, Brighton. 

896. ♦Walker, Charles W., Holmshurst, Burwash, Sussex. 

898. Wallis, W. L., The Wish, Eastbourne. 

906. Walton, Francis, Springfield Lodge, Horsham. 

906. Warner, Rev. J. A., The Vicarage, Hadlow Down, Uckfield. 

858. Warren, Reginald A., Preston Place, Worthing, Sussex. 
896. Warren, Captain A. R., Warrenfield, Emsworth, Hants. 

879. Watson, Mrs., Minsted, Midhurst, Sussex. 

899. Wedgwood, R. H., m.a., Slindon, Arundel. 

886. Weekes, Arthur, Mansion House, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. 

903. Wheeler, C. W. F., a.r.i.b.a., Sussex Lodge, Horsham. 

897- Wheeler, F., Sussex Lodge, Horsham, Sussex. 

893. White, Edmimd, Rectory House, Hamsey, Lewes. 

895. White, James, Capital and Coimties Bank, Worthing. 

891. Whitfeld, F. B., Old Bank, Lewes. 

888. Whitley, H. Michell, 28, Victoria Street, Westminster, s.w. 

901. Whiteman, C. L., Dale View, Lewes. 

898. Whittome, J., Stanford House, Preston Park, Brighton. 

.903. Wickens, H. W., f.r.g.s., Brockfield, Wadhurst. 

896. Wightman, George John, The Wallands, Lewes. 

903. Wilkin, F., Lower Cousley Wood, Wadhurst. 

.893. Wilkinson, Rev. Henry Noel, m.a.. Little Braxted, Witham, Essex. 

885. Wilkinson, Thomas, Dyke Road, Brighton. 
,901. Willett, H., Barbican House, Lewes. 

880. *WiUett, Rev. F., St. Andrew's Lodge, Seaford. 
.905. Williams, H. M., 33, Compton Avenue, Brighton. 

904. Williams, S. H., l.d., s.r.g.s., 8, Warrior Square, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

896. Wink, F. Wallace, Pluscardine, Belsize Road, Worthing. 

890. Winton, E. W., Etherton Hill, Speldhurst, near Timbridge Wells. 

901. Wisden, Captain T. F. M., H.M. Prison, Liverpool. 

872. Wood, H. T., HoUinghurst, Hollington, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 

886. Wood, John, 21, Old Steine, Brighton. 

901. Woodhouse, !Mrs. Gordon, The Grange, Lewes. 

881. Woodman, Thomas C, m.a., ll.d., f.r.s.l., f.e.i.s., The Old House, 

Pulborough. 

859. Woods, J. W., Chilgrove, Chichester. 

902. Woollan, J. H., 19, Deerbrook Road, Tulse Hill, s.e. 

892. WooUett, Major W. C, Army Pay Office, Cairo, Egypt. 

.892. Worms, Baron de, f.s.a., 27, Adelaide Crescent, Hove, Brighton. 

.898. Worsley, R., Broxmead, Cuckfield, Sussex. 

.897. Worthing Corporation Public Library (per R. W. Charles). 

.898. Wright, J. C, Holmdene, Arundel Road, Eastbourne. 

868. Wright, Robert, a.l.s., Herstmonceux, Sussex. 

.903. Wrightson, Mrs., Ockendeii, Cuckfield. 

897. *Wyatt, Hugh R. Penfold, Cissbury, Worthing. 

901. *Wyatt, J. A. Penfold, Harsfold Manor, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst, 
Sussex. 

903. Wynne, Rev. A. E., The Vicarage, Rottingdean. 

901. Wynne, Rev. H., m.a., Yapton, near Arundel, Sussex. 

892. Young, Edwin, Coimty Hall, Lewes. 

904. Young, E. F., Seveirg Chambers, High Street, Lewes. 

887. Young, Rev. W. E. A., Pyecombe Rectory, Hassocks, Sussex. 

1873. *Zouche, Lord, Parham, Pulborough, Sussex. 



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DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 



By L. F. SALZMANN. 



It is remarkable that, although the Castle of Pevensey 
has been justly styled by Mr. Clark one of the most 
interesting places on the south coast, practically nothing 
bearing upon its history has yet appeared in these 
Collections, It is in the endeavour to supply this 
deficiency that the following notes have been put 
together, with the especial object of illustrating the 
material history of the fabric. 

From the year 491, when famine, consequent upon a 
prolonged siege, admitted the Saxon hordes to ravage 
and destroy the Romano-British town of Anderida, 
whose mighty walls had hitherto kept them at bay, down 
to 1066 the place appears to have lain desolate. The 
negative evidence of the Bayeux Tapestry and other 
detailed chronicles of the Conquest shows that the Roman 
walls were not defended against the invading Normans ; 
nor do the latter appear to have made any use of them, 
though possibly a small garrison was left here to guard 
the ships drawn up on the beach. When the battle of 
Hastings had made William master of England, Pevensey, 
with its Rape, fell to the share of his half-brother, 
Robert, Count of Mortain, who probably at once threw 
up a mound, strengthened with a fosse and palisade, in 
the south-east corner of the Roman enclosure, of which 
the walls formed the outer defences. It was probably at 
this time, or else at the time when the castle was held by 
Odo against the forces of Rufus, that repairs were done 



XLIX. 



2 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

to one of the northern towers on the Roman wall, where 
a patch of ^^herring-bone" masonry of this period is 
still visible. 

At the time of the Domesday Survey, in 1086, the 
defence of this stronghold appears to have been partly 
provided for by lands in Eastbourne and Firle assigned, 
to '^ the warders (vigiles) of the castle." Part of this 
endowment was probably the fee at Southeye and East- 
bourne held at the end of the twelfth century by Henry 
de Palerne and afterwards by the family of Brade and 
their descendants; it was also probably identical with 
the ^^Hecton (Heighten in West Firle), land of the 
warders of Pevensel and of Muntagu," for which the 
Sheriff accounted from 1165 to 1169.^ The appearance 
of the name of Montague, which seems to survive in 
Montague Farm, in Westham, is due to the association of 
this fee, or serjeancy, with Alvred, the Count of Mortain's 
butler, who held under him in Somerset near the Castle of 
'^Montagud," or Montacute, whose two ^^ porters" are 
mentioned in the Domesday Survey of that county. 
William, son of Alvred, in 1130 accounted to the King for 
£20 ^' of the farms of the lands of the porters and warders," 
paying £19. 4s. into the Treasury and 16s. to '^ the warder 
of the tower of Penvesel." ^ Richard, son of William, son 
of Alvred,^ appears to have been identical with Richard, 
father of John de Monte Acuto.* This John's mother 
appears to have been Beatrice,^ but in one place he is 
called son to Isabel de Warenne,® which is difficult to 
explain. The descent of this family and their connection 
with other Sussex houses I shall hope to trace more fully 
on some future occasion. 

Returning to the history of the castle, it was held 
by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, on behalf of Robert, Duke 
of Normandy, against William Rufus, who only succeeded 
in reducing it by starvation. Escheating to the Crown 
by the rebellion of its Lord, William, Count of Mortain, 
in 1101, it was granted by Henry I. to Richer of Laigle 

1 Pipe Rolls of those dates. * Rot. de Oblatis (Rec. Com.), 23. 

« Pipe Roll, 31 Hen. I. * Curia Regis, No. 72, m. 5d. 

8 S.^.C, Vol. XLIII., pp. 198-9. 6 Curia Regis, No. 20, m. 7d. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 6 

(de Aquila). During Stephen's reign it came into the 
hands of Gilbert. Earl of Pembroke,'^ and in 1147 was 
besieged by the King, who, finding it impregnable from 
the strength alike of its " most ancient walls" and of its 
position — defended by the sea on the south and the 
marsh on the east, and accessible only with difl&culty by 
land — abandoned the attempt to storm it and left a force 
of men and ships to blockade it.® Famine again pro- 
cured its fall, and it was bestowed by Stephen first upon 
his eldest son, Eustace, and on his death upon his second 
son, William, who by his marriage had already become 
Earl of Warenne and Lord of Lewes Rape.^ 

Upon the accession of Henry II. Earl William 
surrendered the Castle of Pevensey to him and it was 
re-granted to Gilbert of Laigle, in whose family it 
remained, with occasional intervals when it was resumed 
by the Crown, for some eighty years. The Pipe Roll 
for 7 Henry 11. mentions the expenditure of 63s. 8d. 
upon the works of the castle, and that of 13 Henry 11. 
records a similar expenditure of 110s. 5d. What work 
was done at this time is not known, but it may be 
doubted if there was even yet any masonry here except 
the Roman walls. Pevensey Castle, besides the service 
of castle-ward due from a large number of Manors 
within the Rape, was also provided with certain services 
called ^^heckage."* The present writer was the first to 
point out^® that this was connected with ^' haga," a hedge, 
hay or palisade, and implied the obligation of repairing 
and keeping up a certain portion of the palisade upon 
the ramparts of Pevensey. The tenure was thus 
analogous to those by which the tenants are required to 
keep up a certain length of the churchyard fence ; many 
fees in the Rape of Bramber were in the same way 
required to contribute towards the walls of that castle 
and the palings of Knepp Park. The entry that gives 
the necessary clue to the meaning of heckage is the 

7 Round, Studies on the Red Book of the Exchequer, 7. 

8 Chron. of Stephen (Rolls Ser.), Vol. III., p. 56. 

® Round, Ancient Charters (Pipe Roll Soc.), p. 152. 
w Hist, of Hailsham, p. 178. 

B 2 



4 DOCUMENTS EELATINO TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

claim brought in 1203 by Hugh de Dives against Henry 
de Dives as tenant of Brampton, in Northants, of the fee 
of Mortain, for ward of the Castle of Pevensey and for 
the service of enclosing or making a certain stockade 
(heisam) upon the vallum of the Castle of Pevensey '' as 
nis peers do."" An earlier reference to this stockade 
occurs in 1188, when the Pipe Roll records a payment of 
118s. 4d. for the repairs of the palisades of the Royal 
Castle of Pevensey. 

Mention of heckage is fairly frequent about 1200 and 
continues to appear till a much later date. In 1226 
William de Munceaus, constable of Pevensey, was 
ordered not to exact heckage from Ralph de Wilinton so 
long as he should be employed on the King's service. ^^ 
At last, in 1254, Peter of Savoy, as Lord of Pevensey, 
made an agreement with John de Gatesden, Simon ae 
Echingham, William Bardolf, junr., William de Exete, 
Jordan Sackville, Ralph Harengaud, the Prior of 
Wilmington, William Maufe of Eckington, John la 
Ware of Folkington, Ralph de la Haye, Thomas de 
Audham and others by which they compounded for their 
heckages at the rate of 12 marcs for each heckage.^" 
This composition was ratified by the King^* and appears 
to have put an end to a service which was no longer of 
use when the ancient stockade had been replaced by 
stone walls. 

Castle-ward has already been referred to ; it is found in 
its original form of active service on garrison duty in a fine 
of 1242, in which it is mentioned that Robert de Horstede 
had to do service for forty days with a horse on guard 
at the Castle of Pevensey, for land in Langney.^^ Like 
most feudal services castle-ward was soon compounded 
for by the payment of an annual rent; the manors 
owing this due to Pevensey Castle formed the bailiwick 
of Endlenwick, of which the bailifi* annually accounted 
for about £40 from this source. Another service of 
considerable value when building operations were in 

" Curia Regis, R. 26, m. 11 ; R. 32, m. 5d. is Cu^a Regis, R. 151, m. 18. 

" aose 10 Hen. III., m. 8. " Cal. of Chart. R., i., 436. 

" Sussex Fines (Suss. Record Soc), I., No. 414. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVEN8EY CASTLE. 5 

progress was that of carriage, or cartage, owed by many 
tenants of the manor of Pevensey. 

During the last troubled years of John's reign Gilbert 
of Laigle sided against the King, who seized his Castle 
of Pevensey early in 1216, or possibly in the previous 
year, and put it in a state of defence, causing the Sheriff 
to distrain for the performance of all castle-ward due 
thereto,^^ and entrusting the defence to the Earl of 
Arundel. The constable appointed by the Earl com- 
plaining of the weakness of his garrison. King John sent 
Hugh de Forest with nine others to the castle, with the 
request that if their services should not be needed they 
might be sent back to him.^'^ When the Dauphin landed 
in Kent, John retired through Sussex, dismantling the 
Castle of Pevensey as he did so.^® 

Upon the death of John the young King Henry sent 
letters to Gilbert of Laigle urging him to return to his 
fealty and offering him all his lands with the exception 
of the Castle of Pevensey, which could not safely be left 
in his charge lest Louis should demand it of him by 
virtue of the oath which he had taken to be his man. 
After peace had been made and Henry was firmly seated 
on the throne Gilbert recovered the castle and apparently 
held it till his death, which occurred before 1232;^ his 
heir then preferring his Norman allegiance to his English 
the castle escheated to the King, who bestowed it in 
1233 upon Peter ''de Rivallis," and next year forcibly 
compelled the latter to surrender it to the Earl of 
Hereford, and, after putting Robert le Sauvage in 
charge of it,^^ transferred it to Gilbert Marshal, Earl of 
Pembroke, who surrendered it in 1240. Six years later, 
in 1246, the King conferred it upon his wife's uncle, 
Peter of Savoy, in whose hands it was at the time of the 
battle of Lewes in May, 1264. 

Immediately after the victory of the baronial troops 
at Lewes, on 15th May, 1264, the garrison of Pevensey 
were commanded not to leave the castle without further 

16 Close, 17 John, m. 30. ^^ Pat., 1 Hen. III., m. 14. 

1^ Pat., 17 John, m. 14. ^ His executors are mentioned that year. 

w Amiales Mon. (RoUs Ser.), iii., 46. ^i pat., 18 Hen. III., m. 9. 



DOCUMKNTS RKLATlNO TO PE\'EN8EY CASTLt!. 

c>r(lci*8," and in July Ilankin dc Witsand, constable of 
Pevensoy, John de la Rode and Hubert de Montreal were 
Hcnt for to (*omo to the King, in charge of William Maufe, 
to declare the truth about the injuries done by them in 
the district of Pevensey." Later in the month John 
d'Abernon, who had Huperseded Roger de Logos as 
sherift','** was ordered to take over the castle from the 
saine three men and give them a safe-conduct to go 
either to tlie King or beyond seas." They, however, 
refused to surrender it, and in September Henry Husee 
and others were ordered to guard the coast of Pevensey "• — 
three hundred areliers being sent at the same time to 
garrison Winchelsea during the absence of its fleet at 
feandwich.*' In tlie same month John Fitz-Alan, Robert 
St. John and others were ordered to come with horses 
and arms to assist tlie younger Simon de Montfort in 
besieging the castle.^ Simon was in command of this 
enterprise in November, 1264,*^ when a payment of seven 
hundred marks was ordered to be maoe to him for the 
expenses of the siege.^ By the success of the Royalists 
in bringing reinforcements of men and munitions by sea, 
the siege was prolonged,*^ and Simon was still occupied 
at Pevensey when orders were issued in the following 
March to summon Peter of Savoy at Pevensey, John de 
Warenne at Lewes, and Hugh Bigot at ioosham to 
attend the forthcoming Parliament*^ — the historic Parlia- 
ment in which the cities and boroughs were to be 
represented for the first time; and it was probably at 
l^evensey that in April, 1265, he received his father's 
commands to cause John Fitz-Alan to surrender either 
his young son or his Castle of Arundel as security for his 
good faith.^ The siege was finiitless, but one mark of it 
is still visible in the gap which exists in the southern wall 
whidi was thrown down at this time.^ The '^ churches of 

« Tut., 4H Ileal. Iir., m. 13. « Pat., 48 Hen. III., m. 3d. 

»» IhuL, III. 8. M Close, 49 Hen. III., m. 12d. 

^ IbuL, III. 10. «> Pat., 49 Hen. III., m. 29. 

•-» Ibid., ni. 8d. »! Ibid., m. 28. 

« md., m. 4. 82 Close, 49 Hen. in., m. 11. 

«7 Clo8c, 48 Hon. III., m. 3. m Pat., 49 Hen. III., m. 17. 
w Kxch. K.K. AcctH., 479-15. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVEN8EY CASTLE. 7 

Pevensey " (and Westham) were also at this time much 
injured, and were rebuilt at her own cost by Denise of 
Pevensey^ — apparently the same as Denise ae Norton, a 
Royalist landowner in Pevensey Level. Simon in Jidy 
was summoned to his father's aid, and raising the siege 
of Pevensey marched through Winchester to Kenilworth, 
where by his most unmilitary slackness he suffered a 
disastrous defeat which contributed largely to the 
''debacle" at Evesham. After the fall of Dover, the 
Cinque Ports gave up the struggle, with the exception of 
Winchelsea, which was only taken by the Prince at the 
cost of much bloodshed. The pendulum had thus swung 
back again and the Royalists, restored to power, seized 
and confiscated the estates of the fallen party; but by 
the Diet of Kenilworth the "rebels" were permitted to 
compound for their estates, and this appears to have been 
done in Sussex so fully that little change is noticeable in 
the position of the more prominent families. Amongst 
the Royalists to whom the lands of the rebels were at first 
granted may be noted Imbert de Montreal, one of the 
gallant defenders of Pevensey, the recipient of the lands 
of William de Goldingham,®^ and of Gervase, William and 
Robert de Bestenoure,®"^ who afterwards redeemed them 
by paj^mentof £100.«' 

During the early part of Edward I.'s reign there was 
a considerable amount of work going on at the castle. 
Thus in 1273 the Reeve of Pevensey accounted for some 
19s. for work done upon the Queen's chamber, the 
stables, and a barn and other small repairs. He also 
paid £18. 4s. to the constable, Peter the Proven9al, 
Ferrant the porter, and Thomas the gate-keeper {la 
Gayte) ; the constable, Peter and Thomas also receiving 
10s. each for their robes, and Christiana the laundress 
{la Lavender) 30s. 4d. — ^being Id. per diem — paid her 
by the Queen's special command.^ Next year there 

86 Min. Accts., 1089, No. 21. 

* He had acted as the yonnger Simon de Montfort's head bailifE of the district 
(Assize RoU, 1207). 
'^ Supplementary Close R., 3. 
«8 Close, 50 Hen. III., m. lOd. 
«9 Min. Accts., 1027, No. 17. 



8 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

were payments to a carpenter for making new perches 
(laqueos) and openings in the pigeon-house, which was 
at the same time cleaned, rough plastered and thatched. 
The great bridge in front of the castle gate was mended 
and the drawbridge renewed, and a glazier was paid 20d. 
for mending the windows in the keep.*^ In 1275 repairs 
were done to the chapel, hall, Queen's chamber and 
stable, and a shed was put up over the workmen's 
timber.*^ Next year boards were bought for work in 
the north tower, where an upper room (solar^) was built, 
the roofs of the south tower and chapel were mended, as 
were the bridge, the outer gate and the palings round 
the chapel. Two keys (claves) were made '' ad 
instrumentum quo baliste extenduntur" — possibly the 
apparatus by which the mangonels were wound — a 
halfpenny being expended on grease for the same and 
9d. on 13^ pounds of hemp for cord for the mangonels, 
or crossbows {halistas). Lard, bran, a barrel and a 
leather sack were also bought to use in burnishing the 
armour in the castle, which at this time consisted of 22 
habergeons, 7 hawberks, a corslet, 3 pairs of greaves, 2 
head-pieces (testar^) and one crupper (croper').^ The 
same amount of armour was returned in the following 
year, except that there were then only 3 hawberks.^ 

In 1276 a fisherman was employed with his net to 
drag** the castle moat, the fish caught being taken to 
^^la Cromble." The Crumbles pond appears to have 
been used as a fish stew, for in 1280, when six men were 
employed for a week breaking through the head of the 
castle ditch to let the water out and emptying out the 
remaining water with buckets, seven casks of fish were 
taken from the ditch to the pond of ^Ma Crumble."*^ 

Some small repairs were carried out in 1277 and the 
early part of the next year, the windows and porch of 
the Queen's hall being mended and its roof tiled, but it 
had now become evident that the castle required more 
than the tinkering and patching which had been going 

<o Ibid. « Ibid. " Ibid. 

*i Ibid. « Ibid. « ii^ifi^ 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 9 

on during the last few years. Accordingly in 1288 very 
extensive works were undertaken, which were earned on 
for three years. The full accounts of these operations 
are still extant and are of great interest, alike for the 
light they throw upon the details of the castle buildings 
and for particulars of wages and prices. They are full 
of technical terms, many of which are not easy to 
translate, being a Latinized mixture of French and 
EngUsh.*^ 

Accounts of William Cropp foreman of the works of the Castle 
of Pevenes.*^ 

For the wages of William Masson, mason, shaping stones for 16 
weeks and 3 days 28' lOJ^** (being 21^ a week). For wages of 
Roger de Ore mason shaping stones for the same time 24* 9** (being 
IS"* a week). For wages of Master Simon the mason shaping and 
laying stones for 14 weeks and 3 days 29* fbeing 2' a week). For 
wages of 2 other masons for 13 weeks and 3 days 40' 6** (being 18^ a 
week each). For wages of 3 other masons . . . 

Total. 8* 15- li^ 

For 95 blocks of Caen «tone {petris de Cam) bought at Pevenes 3' 
for carrying the same from the sea to the castle 2*. Total 5' 

For wages of 2 men carrying stones from the outer bailey of the 
castle and from the keep to the porch of the hall for 16 weeks 
and 3 days 26' 2^ (being 9** a week each for 8 weeks and 10** for 
8 weeks and and 3 days following at harvest time). For wages of 
two other men digging stones and cement (vettcs niortar)^ under the 
wall of the castle which was thrown down at the time of the war,*^ for 
14 weeks and 3 daj'S 23". For wages of two others carrying chalk 
from the keep to the gate and making cement and mortar {vetiLS mortar 
et novum) for the same time 23". For wages of 2 men raising stones 
and mortar with windlasses (gwyndas) over the gate for the same time 
23". For wages of one man receiving the stones and mortar on the 
scaffolding and tower and helping to lay stones for the same time 1 2" 
(being 10^ a week). Total. 107' 3^ 

For 40 hurdles {cleis), made of the Queen's own material, for the 
scaffolding 2*'. For carrying the same from Clavrigg to Pevenes in 5 
carts 20**. For 12 carts employed to bring beams of beech {houlV) for 
the scaffolding from Clavregge 4*. For 300 large withies {hartis) 

*^ I am indebted to Mr. C. R. Peers, F.S.A., for valuable assistance in the 
work of translation. 

<7 Exch. K.K. Accts., Bdle. 479, No. 15. 

*^ As there are subsequent entries of payments for making ** vetus mortar et 
novum " this is evidently a technical term, possibly mortar made in the old Koman 
fashion. I have therefore translated it tentatively as cement. 

*^ Possibly this was the part of the outer Homan wall on the south which is 
now, and was in 1318, missing. 



10 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

bought for the same IS**. For 100 small withies bought for the same 
2^. For 25 large nails bought for the same G**. For small nails 4**. 

Total 10" 1** 

For pointing and sharpening picks, axes, chisels, (?) adzes 
(ponsoribus) and other mason's tools many times during the said 
period 7*. For four morters {tribulis) and 1 sieve bought 3**. For one 
handcart bought 4 J**. For 3 sacks bought to carry chalk from the keep 
to the gate IG**. For one hurdle bought ad venV vwrt^ mud*'^ 2**. For 
6 tubs (alveolis) for mortar 6**. For wages of a cooper making and 
hooping buckets, barrels, and butts {houkeW tynas et cunas) for 10 
days 2" 6**. For hoops bought for the same 8^^^. For raising a winch 
{yernam) over the gate 8**. For 50 sheaves of furze bought to put 
under the winch 18^. For a cord of 27 strands (theys) bought 
to lift up stones mortar and other things 15^^^ For mending and 
splicing the said cord many times 4**. For grease (sapone) bought for 
the windlasses 1^**. For carriage of timber for the stairs from Clavrig 
to Pevenes 4^ Total. 17» 1^ 

For rough timber brought from the Broyle to Pevenes in 18 carts 
for the construction of a new bridge in front of the door of the keep 

9". For wages of 2 sawyers sawing posts, beams, planks, 

{chymbetr^) and other things needful, for 13^^ days, by the job, 9*. 
For wages of 2 carpenters constructing the said bridge and making 
the scaffolding and the windlasses and winch and other things needed 
in the castle for 1 1 weeks 3* 6' (being 3" a week each). For wages of 
a carpenter for the same period 1 3" 9** (being 1 5^ a week). For 2000 
bolting nails (clavibits de Hussem) bought for the same 2* 1^. For 
150 large nails ^\ Total. 72» 8i^ 

For his own wages while he was over the workmen in the said castle 
from Monday before S' Barnabas' day to Michaelmas, 16 weeks and 3 
days, 14" 4^^^ (being 10^** a week). For his wages from Friday on the 
morrow of Michaelmas to the Saturday on the morrow of Martinmas, 
six weeks and 1 day, 5" 4^^ Total. 19" 9^. 

For wages of 3 men carrying stones and mortar on to the top of the 
gate on their backs for lack of windlasses, from Michaelmas to All 
Saints' day, 4 weeks and 3 days, 9" (being 8** a week each). For 
wages of 2 men digging stone in the moat and in the mill pond and 
elsewhere in the township of Pevenes and carrying the same into the 
castle and making mortar and cement {mortar novum & vetus) for 
the same period 12" 3^. For wages of a carpenter mending the old 
buildings and the palings and gates and making lathes and shingles 
and constructing shutters and gutters and other things for 6 weeks and 
3 days 8" 1^^ Total of all expenses. 25* 3" 3*. 

Account of the same for the 17'** and 18'^ Edward I. 

For wages of a carpenter mending the Queen's room and other 
buildings, by the job 2" .6**. For thatching the Queen's room, by the 
job 4' 8**. For thatching the hall and chapel 2". For rods and withies 

^ This may ineau " for cleauing old mortar." 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 11 

bought for the same IS**. For pugging {dossandy^ the pigeon-house 
6^. For nails bought for the Queen's room 8'*. For pugging the said 
room and chapel with mortar and for plastering the chapel 12'*. For 
nails bought for plastering 1 J**. For wages of a mason mending the 
openings*^ of the room (?) in the west turret, 18*. For wages of a 
carpenter remaking the chimney of the north turret which had been 
cast down, and mending the palings round the chapel 2* V, For 
plastering the same 14**. For wages of a carpenter putting new rafters 
in the south turret and mending and underpinning the old rafters 8**. 
For wages of a thatcher thatching the said turret 4*. For rods and 
withies for the same 7**. For obtaining reeds at Willendon for the 
thatching 6^ 

For wages of a carpenter mending the posts of the door of the north 
tower and the windows of the Queen's chamber. For plastering the 
said doorway 3*. For 2 hanging hooks {gunff^) and 7 hinges (verteveW) 
bought for the windows of the said chamber 2^. For mending the 
great bridge in front of the gate 4^**. For making catches for the 
postern 2**. 

For wages of a plumber taking up the leaden sheets (tabulas) of the 
western part of the great tower and relaying them and soldering 
{soiidantis) them and other gutter pipes and lead sheets, during 10 
days, 8' 4** — receiving daily for himself' and his assistant 10*. And for 
6^^ of tin {estemi) bought for the same 12*. For wages of a carpenter 
taking down 3 rotten joists {gistas) and putting up 3 new ones 12*. 
For carriage of the said beams from the Broyle to Pevensey 18*. For 
wages of a mason preparing the wall for the end of the joists {ad capud 
gistarum). For lifting the same on to the tower 9**. For a rope 
employed for the same 12*. For 4 men employed in digging earth 9 
days and carrying the same from the town up to the tower 4* 6*. For 
a lock bought for the gate of the great tower 2J*. For wages of a 
carpenter covering the bridge of the great tower 3*. For 100 boards 
bought for the same 4'. For wages of a carpenter making the draw- 
bridge 14*. For hinges (verteveW) made for the said bridge 4*. 

For taking down the old scaffolding {scaffotis) from the south part 
of the gate 8*. For 2 large buckets {scopis) bought 2*. For 8 sacks 
bought 8*. For a morter {trihula) bought 1*. For 2 arch-frames 
{chyntr^) made 12*. For 50 boards bought for the same 16*. For 14 
loads of scaffold poles brought from Clavrigg to the castle 4'. 8''. For 
withies bought for binding the scaffold poles 13**. For cord made of 
25 strands for the windlass 3". 10*. For wages of 2 carpenters making 
a winch and windlass {vernam et windas) 12*. For soap bought for the 
same 2^ 

For wages of a man burning 360 horse-loads {siimmas) of lime at 
Willendon 18'. For 56 cart loads of firewood obtained at Clavrugg 
and brought to Willingdon 9'. 4*. For cutting down the said wood 
18i*. For sea coal bought for the same 1 7'. 4*. For obtaining the 
same at Sefford and elsewhere 3*. For 7 seams 1 bushel of lime bought 

61 " Pugging '* is rough plastering. 

52 it Foramina ; " this suggests that the room was a latrine. 



12 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

3'. 5**. For 6 seams of lime obtained at Willendon by way of 
exchange (?) 16**. For carriage of 310 seams of lime from Willendon 
to Pevensey 18'. 

For 2100 stones bought at the quarry for the castle works 105*. For 
500 stones brought in the winter from the quarry of Bume to the 
Ilonde 15*. For carriage of the same from Ilond by boat to the 
castle 5'. For 1600 of the same stones brought in the summer from 
the quarry to the castle 48* — being 3" a hundred.** For 42 blocks of 
Caen stone {petris de Can) bought at Pevensey 18**. For 37 boatloads 
of sand for the same 18'. 6**. 

For wages of 5 men digging for stone round the castle in the town 
of Pevensey and elsewhere and carrying it to the castle for 7 weeks 
and 5 days 25'. 10**. For wages of 4 men digging for stone and carry- 
ing stones and sand from the mill to the castle, and digging for cement 
{vetus vwrtar) for 10 weeks 26'. 8*^. 

Paid to Master Simon the mason for building the north part of the 
gate £17.17.8. Paid to the same for part of the former work of 
battlements made above the gate 66". 8^. 

For I quarter 6 bushels of bran bought for burnishing the armour 
2*. 4**. For burnishing the said armour 12^. For grease bought for 
the same 1**. For the purchase and stringing {iiervisandis) of certain 
horn-tipped (or horn-shaped) crossbows {balistas de cornu) 12**. 

Total expenditure. £42 .18.1. 

Account of the same for 18'^— 19^** Edward I. 

For wages of a carpenter mending the great bridge and the palings 
round the barn and squaring trunks for cutting 12**. For cutting 325 
feet of board for planks lOi**. — at 6**. the hundred. For iron bought 
for making hinges and straps {bendas) for the bridge 10**. For making 
hinges and nails for the same 5**. For making the gate outside the 
postern 7^**. For hinges and hinge-plates 7J^d. 

For pugging (dossand) the hall and the queen's chamber with mortar 
and earth 4**. For plastering the queen's chamber 2**. For taking the 
slates off the stable 8**. For wages of a thatcher {tectoris) thatching 
the queen's chamber 12^**. For taking down the woodwork of the 
stable 6d. 

For wages of 2 cai-penters making a windlass over the well and 7 
buckets {scobas) and 4 measures (?) (gatas) for the use of the masons 
3". For 4 hinge plates and 4 hinges bought for the door of the well 
3''. For a rope bought for the well 5^. For cleanng out timber and 
stones from the well 1*. For wages of a mason mending the well for 
1 day 3^ 

For wages of a carpenter making new joists above the gate and 
doing other necessary work during one month 8* 2**. For wages of a 

*8 This is a most interesting entry, as it shows that the direct road from East- 
bourne to Pevensey was impassable, at least for carts, in winter, and that 
accordingly the stone was sent to an island, probably close to Langney, and 
thence shipped by sea, or pot?yibly down the dykes, to Pevensey. 



DOCUMENrS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 13 

mason mending the foundation under the leads for 3 days 9^. For 2 
men employed in obtaining sand at the mill for casting sheets of lead 
2**. For 2 men employed taking off the old lead sheeting of the gate 
and carrying earth up on to the gate and carrying up sheets of lead 
and doing other necessary work for 28 days 8' 5*. For 6*** of tin 
{estemi) bought 12**. For lard and grease bought 2*. For nails 
bought for fixing the lead 4**. For wages of a plumber making lead 
sheeting {tabliamenium) for 18 days 23*. For wages of a plumber 
making part of the said sheeting by the job 13' 4**. For wages of 
Simon the mason and two other masons and one assistant mending 
the battlements between the gate and the north turret for 15 days 12 J**. 

For cutting 50 scaffold poles at Walderne 5*. For carriage of the 
same to Pevensey 2" 8*. For 21 scaffold poles bought at Pevensey in 
default of free grant {pro defectu deliberacionis) when the King had 
seisin of the barony 2'. For 50 hurdles made of the Queen's own 
materials IB**. For carriage of the same from Walderne to Pevensey 
20^. For 200 nails bought for shutters 3**. For men employed lifting 
a winch (vemam) on to the tower 44**. For 400 withies bought for 
binding the scaffolding 2*. For a sieve bought l**. For obtaining 34 
boat loads of sand on the shore and carrj'ing it to the castle 12* 9*. 
For a stone bought for sharpening the masons' axes 4^^. For wages 
of two men carrjdng lime sand and stones for 8 weeks after Master 
Simon undertook the repairs of the castle by contract 11' 4^, being 
1 7^ a week. For 525 blocks of stone bought at the quarry 26» 3**. 
For carriage of the same to Pevensey 15» 9**. For 49 blocks of stone 
bought in one lot {per 1 particulam) 2* 6**. For carriage of the same 
to Pevensey 18**. 

For wages of Simon le Masson doing the work on the great tower 
in front of the iron door {ante hostiuvi f erratum) from 9 April to 4 
May for 5 weeks 10'. For wages of Eoger of Ore for the same time 
6' 8^. For wages of Martin the baker for the same time 3* 4'*. For 4 
boat loads of sand brought from the sea to the mill 10^. 

Paid to Master Simon the mason who carried out the remainder of 
the work on the tower by contract £12. For wages of William warden 
of the works of the castle for 25 weeks 2 days 22' 4J^, being 1^^** a day. 

For 2 men employed 14 days in burnishing and mending the 
armour in the castle 5* 10**. For grease bought for the same 11**. 
For a rope for a sack 1**. For mending the sack on two occasions 2**. 
For thread ? {cuce) bought for the same 1^**. For 2J quarters of bran 
40**. For obtaining the said bran at Hail(sham) 2**. For 10 yards of 
canvas bought to cover the mangonel {arhalisV) 2' 1**. For washing 
and cleaning the said mangonel 6**. 

For wages of the constable Ferrand the Proven9al Thomas la Gaite 
and Robert Pisseleg for a j'^ear £18. 4., being 3** a day each. For 
robes for the constable and Thomas la Gaite 20". For robes for 
Ferrand 13- 4** yearly. ^^^^^ ^^3 3 ^ 

The next set of accounts, ten years later, is in some 
ways of even greater interest, as they include details of 



14 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

the repair, or rather complete rebuilding of the chapel. 
The royal free chapel in the castle was granted by 
Stephen to Hilary, Bishop of Chichester, and has been 
identified with that of which the foundations were 
uncovered in 1852." St. Richard, during his episcopate, 
granted a license to Peter of Savoy to remove the chapel 
built near the keep of Pevensey to another suitable place 
within the circuit of the ancient wall of the town, where 
the parishioners and others might have access for prayer 
in times of peace and war alike, saving the rights of his 
see and also providing that Peter should build as good a 
chapel as that then standing.^^ Whether this projected 
removal was eflfected is not known, but the chapel rebuilt 
in 1302 was clearly not that of which the foundations 
remain, as it was entirely of wood — even the altar being 
of that material. 

Works of the Castle of Pevensej'', by view of Richard de Wertlyng 
and Richard de Aldecherche appointed to oversee the same by the 
King's command. 29 Edw. I.*® 

John de Winterselle bailiff of the honor of Aquila accounts for 
timber and for cutting and squaring beams in the park of Mersefeud 
for building the hall in the castle and the chambers annexed to the 
same, 10'. For making 7000 lathes (lattarmn) of the said timber 
7' 7**. For cutting 5 gutters out of the said timber to lay between 
the hall, the chambers aforesaid and the wall of the castle 2\ For 43 
carts employed carrying the said timber from the park of Merssefeud 
to Saltereswelle 13' 4*'- For carrying the said timber from 
Saltereswelle to the castle 16" 4'*. For a portion of timber bought at 
Coudenn for ridge rafters {pannis) of the hall and for benches (?) 
{subsellinas) of the same 1 3" 4**. For 5 loads of oak boards bought 
for the windows of the hall and for the aforesaid chambers and for 
laying upon the rafters between the roof and the gutters on one side 
of the hall 15*. For 2000 bolting nails {heussiem) bought for the 
same 2" 1**. For 18000 prig-nails bought for pannelling {lattandam) 
the hall and chambers and walls 10* 6**. For hinges and hinge-plates 
for the doors of the said hall and chambers and for the windows, 
made from iron found stored in the castle 2" 4'*. For wages of 2 men 
cutting props and supports {stondes et leges) and other woodwork as 
required for 8 J daj's 4' 11^^. For taking down the old woodwork of 
the hall and for carpenters for the same and for the chambers, by 
contract (ad tascham m grosso) 66' 8**. For 6 acres of rushes bought 
at Wylendon for covering part of the said hall and chambers 18' 
For cutting spreading and collecting the same 7*. For carrying the 

" S.A.C., Vol. VI., p. 278. » Chanc. Misc. Rolls, 3 (2). 

w Exch. K.R. Accts., Bdle. 479, No. 16. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 15 

said rushes from Wjlendon to the castle in 17 carts 5* 8'. For 28 
bundles of rods and 1500 withies 4s. 2d. For thatching the hall 
where the covering of tiles was defective 6* 8''. For wages of a tiler 
laying 6000 tiles npon the hall 3*. For wages of the same mending 
defects on the sohur annexed to the said hedl for 3^ days 10^**. For 
. . .*^ the wall of the hall with mud 6* B**. For diggins^ mud for 
the said waUs 10^. For carrying the said earth from the Hospital to 
the castle with 45 barrows {curtenis) 22^"*. For plastering and white- 
washing the walls 2». For . . . employed 5 days with one barrow 
{curtena) in cleaning the floor of the haU and a certain space in the 
chamber 20**. For 3 men employed in casting lead for covering the 
gutters between the hall and the castle wall and in making ... to 
carry the water from the said gutters in two places through the middle 
of the hall. For wages of a man and his assistant putting ridge-tiles 
on [crestantium) the hall and the chambers thatched with rushes for 
2 days 9*. For 4 locks with keys for the doors of the said chambers 
and the door of the solar — each costing S^^^. 

Expended upon re-making the chapel of the castle, 30"* Edw. I. 

For 2 ridge-rafters (pannis) 4 beams (trabis)^ and 4 posts (postis)'^ 
of the length of 1 1 feet bought at Coudenn for the said chapel 9». For 
8 carts employed in carrying the said timber from Coudenn to the castle 
of Pevensey 2'. 8*». For 38 rafters bought at Chidingelegh 9* 6**. For 
2000 laths made of timber in hand {de proprio nmeremio) in the forest 
of Essesdoun 2". For 150 props {stondes) made in the said forest 8^*. 
For carriage of the same to the castle with one cart 8**. For 3000 pri^- 
nails 2'. For 1000 bolting-nails {houssem) \2^. For 100 door-nails 
{dorenail) for the door of the said chapel 4**. For one ** quartrone de 
shotbord " ^ of oak for the windows of the chapel 12**. For wages of 
a carpenter making an altar there of timber 12^*. For an acre and a 
half of rushes bought for covering the chapel 4'. O**. For carrying 
the said rushes from Wylendon with 3 carts 12**. For wages of a 
thatcher (coopertori) thatching the chapel and making division walls 
of mud 6\ 8**. For finishing off {crestando) the said chapel with mud 
8^*. For hinges and hinge-plates for the door of the chapel 6'*. For a 
lock with a key bought for the same — . For 400 boards of beech for 
pannelling {scelandam) the chapel made from timber in hand in Assesdon 
lO**. For making stalls {scannis) and a screen {intercluso) in the said 
chapel 18**. For a man employed in cleaning and levelling the place 
where the chapel was built for 2 days 4**. Total. 72". 6**. 

Expended upon the great tower and the tower of the gi^anary, 
30'^ Edw. I. 

For 600^*"* of lead for roofing the great tower and the granary tower 
and for mending the gutters £6 . 5. For obtaining sand at Hobenye 
on which the lead was cast . . . under the lead where it was necessary 
with 8 barrows {curtenis). For 2 plumbers employed in casting the 

»7 Word iUegible. 

'^ The grammar seems weak here ; it should be " trabibus " and ** postibus.*' 

*® A square (i.e., 100 sqiiare feet) of planed boards. 



16 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

said lead into sheets and for making gutters and for laying the said 
sheets on the great tower and repairing defects there for 27 days 22'. 6**., 
being 5**. each daily. For the wages laying lead and repairing defects 
on the granary tower ... 5". 10**. Total. £7 . 14. 

Expended upon the great tower, 31"' Edw. I. 
For shaping (carpentandis) 2 joists (gistis) and raising them on to 
the great tower and laying them there 6". 8**. For wages of a plumber 
employed in removing all the lead over the kitchen in the great tower 
where the joists were placed and in repairing defects upon the same 
tower and relaying the said lead 8". For help employed in raising the 
said joists 2". For 8 barrows {curtenis) employed for obtaining sand 
to lay under the lead there 8**. For digging the said sand 2**. For 
carrying the same up on to the tower 6**.®^ Total. 18'. 

Expended upon remaking a gate in the castle, 31" Edw. I. 
For 2 posts 20 feet in length one beam 14 feet in length and a sill- 
beam {subsuliva) bought at Chiltherst for rebuilding the gate of the 
outer ward of the castle 4'. For an oak bought at Chidingelegh of 
which were made boards for the same gate 40**. For cutting 300 boards 
therefrom 2*. For cutting props {legg^Y^ therefrom for one day and a 
half 10^. For hinge plates for the same gate and for the wicket 
{wicattum) of the said gate made of iron in hand 12**. For 2 locks 
with keys 8**. For removing the earth where the gate was placed and 
replacing it upon the woodwork 6**. Total 26* 5J**. 

Expended upon rebuilding a certain piece of the wall of the inner 
ward of the castle, 31 Edw. III. 
For repairing a piece of the wall of the inner ward of the castle 
towards the town of Pevensey whigh had fallen down . . . For 6 
quarters of lime bought for the same 3^ For carriage of the said 
lime from Burne to the castle 6**. For 2 boats employed for obtaining 
sand on the sea shore 2*. For carrying the said sand from the boats 
to the castle 15**. For beams and . . . bought for scaffolding 16**. 
For wages of a mason mendino^ the chimney {caminum) of the 
hall chamber in the castle. . . For plaster of Paris bought for the 
same at Wynchelse 6'. For carriage of the said plaster from 
Wynchelse . . . Total. 42- 10**. 

In spite of these extensive building operations the 
Castle of Pevensey was reported to be ruinous in 1306, 
and John Abel was ordered to survey it.®^ His return 
was as follows : — ^® 

At the great gate of the castle on the north was a bridge 68 feet in 
length which is broken down and the timber thereof was sold by 

*o The sand was used to form a bed on which the lead was cast and this was 
done upon the tower to save carrying the lead sheets up. 

^^ Cf. above, *' stondes et leges ; ** but possibly here it may mean ledges, i.e., the 
horizontal cross pieties of a door. 

ea Pat , 35 Edw. I., m 13. cs ^in. Accts., 1280, No. 4. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 17 

Roger de Levelande," constable of the castle under William de 
Leyburne ; the bridge was worth I OO*. To repair the said bridge would 
require timber to the value of £20, also iron to the value of £10, and 
for work and other expenses another £18 ; — total £48. Also, at the 
time that the said WiUiam was constable there was there a barn 110 
feet in length and 30 feet in breadth which for lack of care fell to the 
ground, and it was worth £14, and the warders of the castle had the 
timber of the barn burnt with the palings, fences and other things 
belonging to the barn ; — total £14. There was also a pigeon-house 
that suffered injury to the extent of 40' in the said constable's time. 
There was also a hall with bed-chambers annexed which suffered 
injury to the extent of £12, and could be repaired for that sum. 
There is also a chamber called the Queen's chamber with a chapel and 
other chambers annexed which suffered injury to the extent of £20. 
There was also a stable that suffered injury to the extent of 40" at the 
time that William de Bestane was constable. There was also a pentice 
over the workmen's timber {pendens ultra meremium ingennorum) 
which suffered injury to the extent of 10". Also the keep {turris) and 
four towers (turelli) need for repairs in lead, masonry, woodwork and 
other costs £1000. In all £1098. 10. 

Nothing appears to have been done at this time, nor 
in the following year, when Pevensey was one of the 
castles ordered to be fortified.^^ Early in Edward II.'s 
reign Robert de Kendale, warden of the Cinque Ports, held 
the castle at farm for £20, but in 1313 it was granted to 
Robert de Sapy, to whom Kendale was ordered to deliver 
the castle and its stores, John Fillol and Golding de Len 
being at the same time directed to give up the keep of 
the castle and its stores which were then in their hands 
— probably as deputies of Robert de Kendale.^® Robert 
de Sapy, as constable of Pevensey, was ordered to put 
the castle in defence in 1318,®'' and it was probably as a 
result of this order that an inquiry was made into the 
state of the castle, which showed that great dilapidations 
then existed. 

A view and examination of all the walls gates and various buildings 
of the Castle of Pevenes made by William de Northho and John 
de Berkhamme on the Thursday following the feast of S' Lucy in 
the eleventh year of King Edward the son of King Edward.® 

Ilaving seen and diligently examined the defects in the said castle, 
it is found: — that the steps and bridge at the entrance of the keep 

•* He was constable in or before 1298, when a report was made of an assault 
upon him at Downash. Pat., 26 Edw. I., m. 28d. , 
« aose, 1 Edw. II., m. 6. «' Close, 11 Edw. II., m. 18. 

« Pat., 6 Edw. II., p. 1, m. 21. « Inq. a.q.d., 11 Edw. II., No. 109. 

xux. c 



18 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

{magni turris) are entirely fallen down and broken so that they will 
need to be remade, and in the said keep are many defects which cannot 
be clearly seen before the roofing be removed, but by estimation one 
hundred beams are defective and almost all the boarding, and the lead 
roofing on the said keep ought to be entirely removed and recast, and 
it is estimated that the said defects can be mended and repaired at a 
cost, inclusive of mending the timber and lead and of the workmen's 
wages, of £120. Also it is found that the walls of the great gate of 
the lower (inferioris) bailey towards the keep are partly fallen, and 
they . . . , and also the lead roofing ought to be entirely removed 
and for the most part recast, and about 50 beams are defective and 
almost half the boarding, and it is estimated that the said defects can 
be repaired for £40. Also, in the tower called North tower which was 
of three floors {stagiis) the roofing® (?) {cumhris) of the same has all 
fallen and broken through all the floors even as far as the stone vault 
and has penetrated the said vault so that it is shattered and almost in 
ruins, the walls however of the said tower are in good repair, but it 
requires to be entirely reconstructed with timber and roofing, and it is 
estimated that the tower can be reconstructed with timber, lead and other 
building material for £100. Also there is a breach in the corner of 
the inner bailey towards the north near the keep and the wall from 
the said breach to the keep, being 40 feet in length, is hanging over 
towards the town almost tottering and ought to be supported by means 
of a buttress or else to be entirely thrown down and rebuilt, and the 
said breach can be closed and the said wall underpinned for £20 but if 
it should be thrown down and rebuilt £40 would be required. Also in 
the case of two other small towers each of which was of three floors 
and of which the walls are in good repair save that they are not 
crenellated they are likewise in need of reconstruction with timber 
and other materials but they had never been roofed with lead, and it 
is estimated that the said two small towers can be rebuilt in their 
original state for £40 and if they are to be roofed with lead, as they 
require, and to be crenellated, the cost of roofing and creneUating is 
estimated at £50. Also the walls of the inner bailey in various places 
are not crenellated and their repair is estimated at £20. Also at the 
postern towards the town are three . . . the repair of which is 
estimated at 100*. Also in the said inner bailey there is a hall with 
several rooms which were thatched and it is in ruins so that no one can 
(?go into it), of which the repair is estimated at £10. Also a certain 
bridge before the great gate is ruinous and its repair is estimated at 
40*. Also a certain wall of the outer bailey on the north side . . . 
fallen and the remainder of the said wall is almost in ruins, and the 
south part of the said bailey is almost open because the wall . . . 
and the open part is 20 perches in extent. If the King should wish 
to repair the said outer bailey its repair is estimated at £1000. Also 
there is in the same bailey a bam which was thatched and is ruinous 
and its defects can be repaired for 5 marks, and this barn used to serve 
to store the corn of the manor of Pevenes, which manor Margaret 
Qiieen of England now holds in dower. 

^ French, comble. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 19 

The defects began 25 years ago when Sir William Leyboume was 
keeper of the castle, and the King made no grant for the repair of the 
castle nor did any keeper carry out any repairs, except John de 
Wyntersulle, formerly keeper, who repaired certain defects by the 
King's orders. 

As a result of this report Robert de Sapy was at once 
ordered to spend 200 marks, out of the issues of the 
vacant bishopric of Durham which had been committed 
to his care, in repairing the castle ; and Queen Margaret, 
who at this time held the Honour of Pevensey, was also 
ordered to allow him 100 oaks from Ashdown Forest for 
the repairs."^® Three years later all the 200 marks had 
been expended and an additional £13. 8s. 8d., which the 
King ordered the Barons of the Exchequer to repay.''^ 
Next year, 1322, Robert de Sapy was again ordered to 
repair the buildings of Pevensey Castle.''^ It was possibly 
at this time that 60 oaks were felled on John Ashburn- 
ham's land for repairs to the castle.*^^ From 30th August 
to 1st September, 1324, Edward II. was at Pevensey,''* 
and next year certain prisoners were sent thither from 
Berkhampstead Castle.''^ In 1325, also, orders were given 
for the provisioning of the castle by Robert de Sapy,''® 
who was still constable of Pevensey in 1336, when the 
SherifE of Sussex was ordered to supply him with 20 
quarters of wheat and three tuns of wine for the munition 
of the castle.'''' He, however, died shortly after this,''® 
and in 1339 Henry Romyn was appointed constable,^ 
and in the same year, in view of the dangers to which 
the coast was exposed from French raiders, Simon de 
Hylegh was appointed to the post of supervisor of the 
works and paymaster of the garrison there.^ 

John de Saham, William de Gates and John 
Laudesdale were commissioned in 1360 to array all men 
able to bear arms within Queen Philippa's Honour of 
Pevensey, and whenever there should be any danger of 

TO aose, 11 Edw. II., 14d. 75 close, 19 Edw. II., ms. 22, 24, 25. 

71 aose, 14 Edw. II., m. 15. w Ibid., m. 9. 

72 aose, 15 Edw. II., m. 15. 77 close, 10 Edw. III., m. 20. 

78 aose, 3 Edw. III., m. 26. 78 Pat., 11 Edw. in., p. 2, m. 34. 

7* aose, 18 Edw. II., ms. 30, 33. 79 Originalia Roll, 13 Edw. III. 

80 Pat., 13 Edw. ni., p. 1, m. 32. 

2 



20 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

an attack upon the castle to garrison it with the said 
men at the Queen's expense, and in event of a hostile 
landing to leave a sufficient force in the castle, and with 
the rest of the forces at their disposal to attack the 
invaders.®^ This process of putting in small temporary 
garrisons, whenever an attack threatened, was continued 
during the time that Sir John St. Clare, or Sinclair, held 
the castle, namely, from 1366 to 1370, as appears from 
the following document, which also contains a notice of 
various repairs done to the castle at this time : — 

Account of John de Seyntcler, knight, farmer of the Castle, Vill and 
Lowey of Pevensey, the manor of Wylyndon and Bailiwick of 
Endlenewike, by grant of Philippa late Queen of England by 
indenture of 24 May 40 Edw. III. for a term of 10 years at £200 
per annum. Queen Philippa died on the feast of the Assumption 
43 Edward III. and at Michaelmas 44 the King made over the 
castle to Nicholas de Louvyne, knight.®^ 

Eeceipts £813. 

Expenses : For wages of 5 men at arms, 12 archers and 1 watchman 
(vigil) being in the castle of Pevenese for its safe keeping against 
French enemies on various days between 30 April a° 43 and 12 June 
following during the Queen's life, £17. 13. 3. ; paid by virtue of a 
letter of Sir John de Delves, chief steward of the Queen's lands, sent 
to John de Seyntcler 27 April a° 43, in which he ordered the same to 
place in the said castle 6 men at arms 12 archers and I watchman at 
the Queen's charge for reasonable wages to be paid them, which 
wages he should deduct from the said farm, by testimony of John de 
Stopham porter of the castle and as appears in the roll of detailed 
accounts. And for wages of 9 men at arms, 20 archers and 1 watch- 
man in the said castle for the same reason between 12 June a° 43 and 
17 August following, £45. 11. 10. ; paid by virtue of a letter of John 
de Delves. And for wages of 8 men at arms 19 archers and 1 watch- 
man between 16 August and 18 October, and of 6 men at arms 10 
archers and 1 watchman from that date to Michaelmas a° 44, 
£198. 5. 9.; paid by virtue of the King's writ of privy seal 17 
October 44 Edward III. by which the King ordered him to pay to the 
men at arms and archers who had been in the castle for its defence 
from the time that it came into the King's hands by the death of 
Queen Philippa wages on the same scale as before. And for like 
wages down to 26 January a° 45. 

And for expenses incurred for repair of the great bridge in the 
castle of Pevenese and of another bridge before the door of the keep, 
and of a great steghre ( ? stairway) there entirely broken up, and of 
the great gate of the castle, and for the roofing of the buildings there, 
both for plumber's work with solder bought for the same and for 

81 Pat., 34 Edw. III., p. 1., m. 22d. «» Min. Accte., 1028, No. 4. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 21 

roofing with tiles, lime {calce usto\ sand, laths, nails and other 
necessaries bought for the same work including wages of carpenters, 
sawyers, tilers, plumbers and other workmen, with timber bought in 
Ashboumham Wood and carriage and sawing of the same, with other 
different expenses in connection with the gates and buildings of the 
castle, during the Queen's life £14. 8. ; paid by virtue of a letter of 
John de Delves, &c. And for repair of the stone tower of the great 
gate of one wing {insule) of the castle keep and for blocking up three 
doors of the inner ward of the said castle and for repair of three 
rooms beyond the great gate which were completely ruined and 
dilapidated, and for beams {gistes) put into the keep, including wages 
of masons, carpenters, sawyers, plumbers and other workmen 
employed on the said jobs and carriage of timber, stones and other 
things for the same work, 44 Edward III., £26. 13. 5. ; paid by virtue 
of the King's writ. And for 10 quarters of wheat, 4 quarters of 
beans, a pipe of wine, a cask of salt, 2 casks of chick-peas {ciser*), 3 
oxen, 20 muttons, 10 swine bought for bacon, provided for the 
victualling of the castle; and for 8 crossbows {balistis) 9 bows, 44 
sheaves of arrows bought for the furnishing of the castle, including 
carriage of the same and other small payments, £26. 11. 10. ; paid by 
virtue of a letter of John de Delves. Also, given to Nicholas de 
Loveyne, constable of the castle, for repair of the castle £20; paid 
by virtue of the King^s writ. And given to Eichard de Ravenser 
late receiver of the Queen, by a tally of 15 July a° 41, £13; by a 
second tally of 19 November a° 42, £75 ; by a third tally of 27 April 
the same year, £50 ; and by a fourth tally of 9 November a° 43, £91 ; 
for which £229 the said Richard is answerable. 

Total expenses £732. 10. 10. 
He owes 80. 9. 2. 

From this account it would seem that the usual 
strength of these garrisons was about twenty or thirty 
men, and this agrees pretty well with the amount of 
armour kept in the castle in 1276, as already related. 
Besides these professional soldiers there would be the 
local levies, as we have seen, and accordingly in 1381, 
when William Fiennes and William de Battesson were 
appointed to guard Pevensey Castle, they were given a 
writ of aid to impress men-at-arms, archers and others 
for that purpose.®^ 

Although the grant of the castle made in 1370 to Sir 
Nicholas de Louveyne was for the term of twelve years®^ 
he did not long enjoy it, as in 1372 the Castle and Honour 
of Pevensey were bestowed by the aged King Edward 
upon his favourite son, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 

» Pat., 5 Eic. II., m. 34d. «* Originalia, U Edw. H. 



22 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

who at once appointed John Colepepper constable of 
Pevensey.®^ Upon the death of Edward III. John of 
Gaunt, finding nis power much diminished and himself 
justly unpopular, endeavoured to make his wealth and 
resources necessary to the Government by refusing to 
assist them, and even secretly encouraging the French 
to attack the south coast. Accordingly, when the French 
made a series of descents upon Sussex in 1377, the Duke 
of Lancaster left Pevensey Castle undefended, saying 
that if they destroyed it he had power enough to rebuild 
it.®® That it then escaped capture and destruction was 
probably due to a secret understanding with the invaders. 
The Duke's unpatriotic and selfish policy had the desired 
effect of showing that his co-operation was indispensable 
for any Government, but it also rendered him even 
more profoundly unpopular than before, so that it was 
principally against him that the Peasants' Rising of 1381 
was directed. At this time the rolls of the court of the 
castle gate were burnt^*^ and the Steward of the Honour of 
Pevensey ill-treated, but there is no record of any such 
plundering of the castle here as took place at Lewes ; it 
may, however, have been due to the events of this time 
that William de Battesford, who had been appointed 
constable in June, 1380,®® was ordered in December, 
1381, to give up the castle and its artillery to John 
Colepepper, who had been appointed to succeed him.®* 

Little work seems to have been done at Pevensey 
during the life of John of Gaunt. A payment of 8s. is 
noted in 1394 ^' for the clearing out of a certain place 
outside the castle which was filled with rubbish (robus) 
and dirt thrown out of the castle."*® In 1396, also, 20s. 
was expended on making new valves (wykes) for the 
great gate, 5s. for a lock and key for the great door of 
the keep and 10s. in repairing the old hall, namely, 
thatching it with straw and plastering the walls.^^ There 
is also an entry of William Carmer, of Pevensey, being 

8» Abstract of Reg. of Duke of Lane. ^9 j^^,^ 55. 

^ Chronieon Angliae (Rolls Ser.), 168. ^ Min. Accts., 7095. 

w Mill. Aects., 7084. ^i Dj. of Lane. Aects., 32, 22. 

M Abstract of Reg. of Duke of Lane., II., 49. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 23 

fined 1068. 8d. in 1387 for receiving and selling 95 
"claves" of lead, which John Carpenter, deputy porter 
of the castle, had stolen from the keep.^ 

Roger Ewent was constable in 1390,^' and four years 
later Sir John Pelham was appointed to that post by the 
Duke of Lancaster. Accordingly when Henry, son of 
John of Gaunt, claimed his father's duchy — and the 
crown of England — in 1399 Sir John joined his army, 
leaving his wife, the Lady Joan Pelham, to defend 
Pevensey against the local levies who had been sent to 
besiege the castle under William Fiennes, William de 
Hoo and others.** The gallant lady's letter to her 
husband during the siege has been often printed^ and is 
well known as a very early, if not the earliest, example 
of a letter written in English by a lady. The siege was 
not long enough to induce famine, the only force by 
which the castle was ever reduced; and upon his 
accession to the throne Henry IV. showed his apprecia- 
tion of the services of Sir John and his wife by bestowing 
the Castle and Honour of Pevensey upon him for life, 
which grant he confirmed ten years later.®^ 

In 1405 Sir John Pelham wrote to the Privy Council 
that a great part of the keep of Pevensey Castle was 
falling down.** Repaii'S were at once put in hand,®® and 
two years later some £20 had been expended on '' repairs 
to the keep and a tower called Damedenesto' and a wall 
between the said towers, and on repairs to a stone bridge 
by the great gate." ®® The details of the work then done 
are as follows : — 

Expenses incurred by the prior of Michelliam, 9 Henry IV }^ 

Paid to William Mason in part payment for making tlie stone bridge 
at the great gate of the castle, by contract, 53'. 4*^. Paid to Henry 
Pavyer, mason, for repairs of the outer part of a certain wall on the 
south side and for repair of the inner part of the wall of a certain 
tower called Dameydeynesto"^ and of a certain wall of the keep and for 

^ Min. Accts., 7088. ^ Abstract of Reg. of Duke of Lane, 120. 

w IMd., 7090. ^ Acts of Privy Council. 

^ S.A.C., Vol. XVni., p. 144. « Mm. Accts., 7105, 7290. 

^ By Horsfield in his Hist, of Stissex, » Min. Accts. , 7291. 
100 Dy. of Lane. Accts. 32, No. 24. 



24 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

a certain new wall between the keep and the gateway, by contract, 
£5 . 10. And for stone bought from Eobert Harry for the same work 
35'. 8"*. And for stone bought of John Mason for the said work 27*. 
And for 63 cart loads of stone and gravel from the quarry of Borne 
and other places brought to the castle, at 8"*. the load, 42". And paid 
for digging gravel {sic) to make lime 2*. 3"^. And paid to John Merssher 
the younger for carriage of 94 loads of sand from the sea to the castle, 
at 4"*. the load, 31', 4"*. And paid to the same John for 94 loads of flint 
and rubble {hurr*) brought from the vill of Pevensey to the castle, at 
1**. the load, 7*. 10^. And paid for burning 3 pits-full of lime, at 10». 
the pit, 30". And paid for talwode^^^ bought for firing the said pits 
27'. 1"*. And paid for taking the lime out of the pits, at 16**. the pit, 
4*. And paid to John Bole, carpenter, working there 27 days, at 4 J**, 
the day, 10". IJ"*. And for 2 spades newly ironed, bought, llj"^. And 
for making a pit to burn lime 18"*. And for rods bought for scaffold- 
ing 2"*. Paid to Richard Crownall and John GodynoU working there 
at various jobs for 12 days 8'. Paid for removal of dung from a 
fold below the castle, by contract, 3". 4"*. And paid to John Smyzt of 
Westham for various work at the castle, as shown in detail on a certain 
paper schedule 5". 8"*. And paid to John Ydenne overseeing the works 
3'. 4^ Total. £20 . 3 . 2. 

This is the ** paper schedule " referred to : 

Ceux sont les parcells dues a John Smyth. In p^mes p"^ Ix naylez de 
Spykyngnayll ^^ xv**. Itm p' un keye p' le poslne §8 ij"*. Itm p' un 
charneP°* et les nayles p' ly mesme ^8 x"*. Itm p' un hasp et ij staples 
p' im varell ^8 j"^. Itmp' c nayles ij<*. Itm p' nayll deliveres p div^s 
temps a John Ydenie p' les necessar de Chastell x"*. Itm p' correcceii 
de ij charnell de le g*rde pont et nayles de ly mesme vj^. Itm p' un 
lok p' le chapeldore et nayl p' ly mesme ij"*. Itm p' le correccoii de un 
lok de la mew et p"^ nayl de ly mesme ij"^. Itm p' nayl p' di^s necessar 
a Chastell ij"^. Itm p' nailes. 

Pevensey Castle was at this time used as a State prison, 
Edward, Duke of York, being confined there in 1406, 
and James I., of Scotland, being also committed to Sir 
John Pelham's custody after his treacherous seizure in 
1406. In 1419 this castle, which had so often been 
in the hands of English Queens, became the enforced 
residence of Joan of Navarre, accused of plotting the 
death of her stepson, Henry V.^°^ 

An inquiry made at Westham in .1420 showed that Sir 
John Pelham had allowed the upper chamber (solarium) 
of the chapel in the keep (le Dongeon) of the castle to 
become ruinous, and had also allowed the wooden bridge 

101 '< Tailings,*' i.e., chips and odd pieces of wood. ^^ A liinge. 

103 S.A.C., Vol. VI., p. 274, and Vol. XVIII., p. 144. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE, 25 

in front of the keep to fall into disrepair.*^ By 1440 the 
state of the castle had become so bad that very extensive 
repairs had to be carried out. 

Account of the receiver, 18 Henry YI.** 

Paid to Thomas Grenecroft of London for one fodir and 425*** of 
lead bought from him for repair of the roofing of the buildings of the 
castle of Pevensey — the fodir containing 1900**' of lead, the price of a 
fodir being £4 . 16 . 8 — with weighing (10**) and carriage (12**) from the 
Weyhous to Southwerk, £6.0. 1 J. And for carriage of the same 
lead from Southwerk to the castle of Pevensey, with 12** paid to 
certain persons for carrying the lead into the castle across the castle 
bridge because the said bridge is so weak and rotten that carts cannot 
go over it, 11". Paid to William Chilwell plumber employed by the 
steward for melting and casting 3771**' alike of new lead (2325***) and 
of old torn and holey lead sheets (1446**^) taken by the said William 
from the roofs of the chapel within the Dongeon, a part of the tower 
called Mortymers chambre, the artillery chamber and the constable's 
apartments ; and for roofing and covering the said rooms with the new 
sheet so made — besides a part of the same rooms covered with lead the 
previous year ; also for making a lead pipe reaching from the top of 
the tower called the Dungeon down to the ground on the west side of the 
same tower to carry off the water from its wall ; at 12** for the casting 
laying and working of each 100*^ of lead, 37". 8 J**. And paid to the 
same William for 29*'' of solder bought by him for the same work at 
4* a pound, 1 3^ And paid to the same William for mending various 
defects in the sheeting of divers gutters and of the small towers within 
the castle, with lead and solder, by contract 1 5". 4*. And paid to John 
Lot and John Hill employed in lifting and carrying lead sheets from 
the ground to the top of the said towers for 3 days, each receiving 4* 
a day, 2". And for firewood bought for casting the same load 18*. 
And for carriage of a pair of balances from Bourne to Pevensey for 
weighing the said lead 3**. And for 10*** of iron bought of which to 
make spikyng for the same work, with the cost of making, 20*. And 
for 50 doornails {durnaille) bought for the same 2*. And for a cord 
bought to raise the lead to the top of the towers 6*. And paid to 
Eichard Page, workman, working with the said plumber for 7 aays, at 
4* a day, 2'. 4*. And for 600 leadnails {lednaill) bought, at 6* the 
hundred, 3^ And paid to Giles Asshmeston employed with liis barrow 
{curte7ia) carrying sand for 1 J days 12**. And for 4 quarters of lime 
bought at Bourne for repairs of the castle walls, 5'. 4*. And for 
carriage of the same to the castle 1 2**. And paid for one cartload of 
straw bought for the roof of the stable within the castle 12**. And 
paid to Thomas Bore word, thatcher, thatching tlie same with the said 
straw, for two days 1 0**. And paid to 1 man assisting him 6**. And 
for rods and faggots {roddis et restibus) bought for the same work 4*. 
And paid to John Tyman cleaning and carrying mud and earth out of 

iw By. of Lane, Inq. p.m., II., 10. 
io» Miu. Acctfl., 454, No. 7292. 



26 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

the Dungeon, as well as for scouring the walls and gutters of the castle, 
for 21 days, 7\ And for money allowed this accountant for carriage 
of 71 loads of lime into the castle of Pevensey, at 4* the load, with 
which he is charged in the Feodary's accounts as arrears of John Grove 
bailiff of the Fees in 15'*^ year of the present king, 23». 8*. 

Three years later Walter Sherrington, Chancellor of 
the Duchy, and James Fenys, chief steward in Sussex, 
rode down to Pevensey to examine the state of the castle. 
As a result of their visit £7. 17s. 3d. were spent on the 
repair of ^^ a tower called le Dongeon," the cnapel, royal 
hall, kitchen, stable and other buildings, with wages and 
cost of materials and carriage.^^ Two years later still 
William EUeswelle, plumber, received 26s. for 78-lbs. of 
solder and for doing repairs at the castle, Richard 
Possingworth, smith, 5s. 2d. for ironwork for the postern, 
and John Fermour 4s. for 400 shingles, to be Kept in 
store in the castle — 600 ^^shynglenayll" being bought at 
the same time.^®^ From this time the entries of work 
done here grow fewer and fewer ; £7 were laid out in 
1452 ^^on repairs to the castle," ^^ and 28s. 4d. was 
similarly spent in 1485, when Henry, Lord Gray, was 
constable.^^ 

From the accession of Henry VH. Pevensey Castle 
appears to have been deserted and allowed to fall into 
rapid decay ; but it seems to have been still, in 1548 at 
least, nominally a fortress, as its weak state suggested 
the possibility of its capture by French and Scottish 
raiders, on which subject the Earl of Warwick addressed 
the following warning to Cecil :"^ 

Master Cicill I pray y5 to shew my Lordes grace that this daye 
hathe byn here w' me a pore fflchant man w*' useth his trafficke out of 
Sussex unto Diepe and New Haven^^^ And hath declared unto me y* 
now at his late beinge at Diepe w® was w4n this xiij dayes howe the 
Company of Scotishemen inhabiting in the same towne who tysyd 
him as of good will to remayne there among them and hav retome 
no more into England the w^ to here more of theyr meaning semyde 
not to mislike theyr councell dyd lerne by theyr coication that there ys 
a meaning among the Frenchemen to gyve subdayne attempte to the 
Castell of Pemsey in Sussex and the rather be cans it ys so yll 

iw Min. Accts., 7293. ^^ Miu. Accts., 7314. 

107 Min. Accts., 7295. "o State Papers, Dom., Edw. VI., iv., 13. 

108 Miu. Accts., 7311. ^^^ Havre, not Newhaven in Sussex. 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 27 

garded and watched they think it a thing very facile to atchyve. I 
have stayed the man tyll I kno my Lords plesser whether his grace 
will speke w' him or not. I have demandyd of him of dy?8 other 
things confining the {Jpaton of the frenchemen wherof he can shew little 
saving of . . . shippes w* he saw in redynes at Newhaven redy 
to depte for a moneth past and a great quantyti of munision lying 
upon the warf redy to be shipped. 

Fare you well yo' af . . Warwick 

To my loveing Friend M' Cicill this. 

Whether there really was anything more than idle 
talk in this supposed plot may well be doubted. That 
it came to nothing is certain, and it may be doubted if 
the castle would have been worth seizing, judging from 
its ruinous and dilapidated condition some twenty years 
later, when a survey was made."^ 

8* June 16"* Elizabeth : Order to Edmond Twynihoe esq. surveyor 
of the Duchy of Lancaster in the south parts and Bartholomew 
Garraway gent, particular receiver of the revenues of the Duchy in 
Sussex to repair to the castle of Pevensey and call before them such 
persons as they think requisite and skilful to consider the state of the 
Uastle in timberwork stones glass &c. ; to report whether it be worth 
repairing and if so what costs will be required. 

To the Ryghte Honorable S' Eaulfe Sadleire k'., Chancellor of the 
Duchy of Lancaster. 

The certyfycat of the veiwe and s'vey of the state of the Castell of 
Pevensey in the countie of Sussex taken and made the 20'^ daye of 
Julye 1573 before Edmund Twynyho s'veyor there by vertue of the 
Queues Ma***" commj'^sson to him and Bartholomewe Garreweye or one 
of them directed upon the othes of these persons following : viz : — 

Thom. Rootes gent. 
Willm. Almon gent. 
Henrie Norton 
The Viewers i Willm. Tj'herste 
Christopher Avale 
John Myllwarde 
' Constaunce Mathewma'' 

To the First Artycle geven to them in charge to enquyre of. That 
the said Castell is not needfull nor convenyent to be repayred being 
ferre in decay e and of no force And in case it shoulde be repayred 
and amended to be of any force yt wolde coste by theire estimation 
mW li. at the leaste. 

To the seconde Artycle they saye yf the Castell be not psentlye 
repayred or taken downe the same wilbe verye shortelye in utter Sune 
and decay e to the Queues Majesties greate losse and hynderance. 

^^'^ Dy. of Lane, Special Commisifions, 224. 



Jur. Who say 
upon theire othes 



28 



DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 



To the thirde artycle they annswere and saye that the Leade of the 
sayd Castell ys verye thynne and muche woren by wether and decayed 
And is measured by the sayd voiwers as followoth. 

'" In primis. the 
Square Tower 



Leade 
Remaynyug ^ 
Upon the 
CasteU 



south cont' in 

Item the greate 
Square over the 
Halle cont' in 

Item the Rounde 

Tower next the 

streate East cont' 

Item the square 

by North the same 

cont' in 



br. xviij ft. 
length xxvij ft. 



= cccciiij"vj footes' 



br. xlvij f. 
length Ixvij f . 



br. X f . 
length xvij 



) = m^m^m^cxlix 

/ footes 



= clxxf. 



len^h^-f. ) = cciiii«vjf. 



Item the Rounde ) ^^ ... - » 

Item on the WaUe 1 



B. iij f . di. 



1=1 



»°rtli^*^e^uare j Le^^h ^i f.'di. } = 1"J * • UJ quarf. 



Item the Rounde 
East Tower north 
the same cont' in 

Item a Gutter 
cont' in 

Item Another 
Gutter cont* in 

Item Another 
Gutter cont* in 

Item the "West 

rounde Tower 

cont* in 

Item the Leade 
over the Gate- 
howse in the ij^® 
c Courte cont' m 



br. xxiiij f. 
length xxviij f . 

) br. ij f . di. 
j length vj f . V ynches 

) br. iiij f . 

I length XX f . 

) br. V f . 

I length V. f . 

br. xiij f. 
length xxiiij f . 



- = dclxxij f . 

f = XV f . V ynches 

1-' 



: iiij" f. 



I = XXV f . 



1 



: cccxij f . 



br. xxiiij f. 
length xlviij f . 



[ = m^clij f . 



I 



8 



M* that everye xv foote square of Leade by the estimacon of the 
said veiwers wyll make one fooder w*^ wyU amounte after that Bate to — 

xxxj fooder iij q't di. 
xiiij f . di. 
Item every Fooder of Leade taken downe ys worthe to be solde 
by estimacon viij" 

Sm of the I xxxj Fooders ^ 
Fooders j iij q' di. 

xiiij f. di. _ 
w^^ in redye 
Money amounteth 
after viij^* the Fooder to^ 



cclv" ij» 



DOCUMENTS EELATING TO PEVEN8EY CASTLE. 



29 



Stone 
there 



Iron 
Glasse 

Tymber - 



lx» 



Item the Viewers gsent that ] 
every Loode of square stone • ij» 
taken downe ys worthe J 

Item rowghe stone to be solde ) i 

there of no valewe ) 

Item Iron to be solde worthe by estimac' v* 
Item Glasse to be solde there None. 

Item Tymber the moste pte Fallen the 
Rest ys Mete for the Fyer being verye olde 
and Rotten by reason of the Wether And 
being taken downe ys worthe to be solde 
Sm Toie \ 
Besydes 

the Stone V cclviij"vij» 
by Estimacon 
Amounteth To j 

Memorand' tliat there was Leade taken out of the Oastell of 
Pevensey by Edwarde Middleton Feodarie of Sussex the Mundaye 
before Saincte Laurence daye in the firste yere of the reigne of the 
Queues Maiestie to the use of the Lorde Dacres howse at 
Herstmounseires fortie hundreth of Leade every hundreth conteyning 
fyve score and twelve poundes. By what warraunte y' was done ys 
not knowen : xl ct. 

Item more delyvered by John Thaccker esqujTO the xv'** daye of 
October in the said firste yere of the Queues Maiesties reigne unto 
Edwarde Hardye servaunte to the Lord Dacres to thuse of the said 
howse By vertue of M' Chauncellores Warraunte as yt ys reported by 
the said John Thaccker xxxvij ct of Leade and fyve poundes after 
fyvescore and twelve poundes to everye hundred. xxxvij ct. v lb. 

Sm. iij foders xvij° v lb. 

Item there have been taken from the said Oastell of Stone by the 
said John Thaccker and by his owne confessyon in the said first yere 
of the Queues Maiestie by vertue of M"^ Ohauncellors Warraunte as 
he saith Ixxvij Lodes. 

This shows that the unfortunate castle had already 
fallen to the level of a mere quarry for the neighbouring 
gentry. John Thacker, or Thatcher, was a member of the 
family resident for many years at Priesthawes and was 
doubtless collecting material for the building of the fine 
house, of which only a fragment of one wing and a few 
scattered ruins now remain, but which can be seen in its 
original state in a drawing in the British Museum taken in 
1620, when it was new built. That Pevensey Castle was 
not razed to the ground in 1588 in accordance with 
the directions of the Commissioners for the safety of the 
south coast was doubtless due to the stoutness of its 
walls, on which further inroads were made in 1561, again 
for the benefit of Priesthawes. 



30 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PEVENSEY CASTLE. 

11 June 33"^** Eliz."» 

Order to Herbert Pelliain Edmund Pelham and Edward Burton, 
esquires, and Thomas Pope gent, particular Eeceiver of the Duchy in 
Sussex — That whereas the Castle of Pevensey is reported to be in great 
ruin and decay and the stones thereof are being daily *4mbe8elled and 
carryed awaye," they are to go there and, summoning all such 
artificers and workmen as they think fit, to survey the said Castle and 
report whether it should be repaired, and if so at what cost it can be 
done, but if not whether the stone could be sold from the more decayed 
parts, and if so to sell the same to James Thatcher, esquire. 

They report : — 

Imprimis that the said Castle is greatly in decaye and that it is 
rather requysite the same should be discontinued than otherwyes to be 
repayred, Fyrste for that the same standeth in noe place of defence for 
the realme, Secondlye for that the charge for the repayring thereof 
will by estimacon amoiinte unto {blank) thowsande poundes at the 
leaste. Item wee fynde that the moste of the beste stones of the saide 
castle have bin taken downe and carryed away, but by whome or by 
what warraunte wee cannot fynde. And that those stones w*** nowe 
remayne will hardly countervayle the charge of diging of them forth. 
Item we have made sale of six hundreth loodes of the same stones to 
James Thatcher Esquyer at twoe pence the loode (w°^ is as muche as we 
thinke them to be worthe in regarde of the charge in diging of them 
and that the beste ar already gone) to be taken in the moste decayed 
places of the same Castle. For w*'** six hundreth loodes of stones the 
saide James Thatcher hath payed to the handes of Thomas Pope 
Eeceavo' of the jimisses according to the teno' of the said comission the 
summe of v". In wytnes wheareof according to o"^ bounden duties wee 
have putte o' handes and seales the x'^ daye of October in the xxxvij'** 
yeare of her m**®" raigne. 

Herbert Pelham Edmund Polham Tliomas Pope. 

The diminished but yet imposing ruins of Pevensey 
f Castle continued for some two hundred years to be 

I regarded as so much building material, but have now 

/ fortunately reached a more kindly period when they may 

enjoy a peaceful and well cared for old age, suffering 
only from the inroads of ivy and rough weather and the 
exuberance of trippers. That a careful plan of the 
castle may be made before these latter influences render 
the task additionally difficult is much to be desired, and 
it is especially important that the foundations of the 
keep should be uncovered and put on record, as nothing 
at all has yet been done upon this portion of the castle. 



( 



; 



^^ Dy. of Lane. Special Commission. 





SHULBREDE PEIORT. 



SHULBKEDE PRIORY. 



By AETHUE PONSONBY. 



The following description of Shulbrede Priory has been 
drawn up in order to supplement and complete Mr. 
Calverley's interesting paper in Vol. XLVII. 

The Priory has lately been converted from a farm- 
houyse into a private residence and the alterations have 
jDsde it easier to examine the remains of the early 
thirteenth century foundations. 

The house, which lies in a wooded valley at the foot of 
Lynchmere Hill, attracts attention by its high pitched tile 
roof and fine red brick chimney stacks. It is built to a 
great extent in Caen stone, the outside walls in most 
places being 4-ft. thick. The two original muUioned 
windows, which are simple, but very effective in design, 
form a sliiking feature as viewed from the road. Project- 
ing between the windows is some solid masonry forming 
the original shaft of the chimney, the lower part of which 
has been restored with modern stone. A buttress on the 
south-west shows one of the limits of the old building, 
and the low projecting wall on this side of the house 
probably indicates the line of another wing of the Priory, 
lonff since destroyed. 

Entrance into the house is made through a pointed 
arch doorway on the west side, which leads into a low 
vaulted hall, originally divided into two bv a wall, half 
of which has now been demolished. The larger part of 
this hall forms a square of 21 -ft., with two deep round 
arched window recesses and two round arched blocked 
doorways on the south side, which led to the kitchens. 
Also an arched doorway on the east side opening into 
that part of the Priory used as the refectory. A fine 
open fireplace, with joggled stonework and traces of pro- 
truding hood, occupies the space between the windows. 




SHULBREDE PRIORY -DETAILS. 



8HULBBEDE PRIORY. 33 

The vaulting is supported in the centre by a circular 
column, cut in Sussex marble. The mouldings of the 
capital are badly chipped, but are sufficient to show a 
design of delicate beauty. Modem brick pavement is 
laid over the old floor, which must obviously have been 
at a lower level. It is impossible to say exactly what 
this chamber was used for; it would seem, however, 
from its position between the kitchen and the cellarage, 
to have been the cellarer's parlour. In farmhouse days 
it was used as a dairy. In the north-east corner of the 
outer hall is the entrance to an old stone staircase leading 
to the floor above. The round arched entrance is in 
perfect preservation, showing the rebate for the door, and 
the remains of the hinge hooks. A pointed blocked arch 
on the north side led formerly to the cellarage, part of 
which was standing in the early nineteenth century. It 
was vaulted in a similar way, but the three columns then 
standing were hexagonal and of stone. Grose gives the 
best description of this ruin (Antiquities of England and 
Wales, Vol. III., p. 16). In the same description there 
is mention of a porch, of which there is no trace now. 

There is a view of the cellarage in a woodcut in The 
Gentleman's Magazine (1799) and also in one of Grimm's 
drawings (British Museum MS.). It was demolished in 
order to build the barns on the opposite side of the road, 
and an ivy-clad ruined wall is all that now remains to 
mark the position. 

Facing the entrance is a deep broad archway of 
similar structure, which leads to the wooden staircase, 
but must formerly have opened into the cloisters. 

The staircase is contained in a small wing, which, as 
can be seen from outside, is formed of beams and brick 
and was added on to the original structure in Jacobean 
times, beams from the ruin being utilised for the walls. 

The so-called Prior's Chamber on the first floor rests 
on the solid vaulting of the hall beneath. It must be 
remembered that as the Priory so frequently fell into a 
ruinous state, the original uses of the rooms were 
probably altered, and it is quite likely that this, which 

XLIX. D 



34 SHULBEEDE PRIORY. 

from its position would have been a dormitory, was turned 
into a chamber for the Prior. 

The room measures 22-ft. by 23-ft. and its lofty 
ceiling occupies the whole of the gable of the roof. 
The massive oak tie beam and king post are further 
strengthened by two sets of braces springing upwards 
and downwards from the four sides of the king post. 
There are two muUioned windows set in deep arched 
recesses, the one looking west, the other high up on the 
south wall, from which the stone muUion is missing and 
which until latterly was blocked up on account of the- 
window tax. Two blocked double archways on the 
south wall show the entrance to staircases leading down 
to the floor below. A small window has lately been 
pierced in the right hand archway. 

The stone weathering along the exterior of the south 
gable gives the line where the roof of the extension 
began into which these staircases led. By careful 
observation of the beams of the ceiling in the Prior's 
Chamber and of the position of the fireplace and the 
window in the small adjoining room, which corresponds 
exactly with the window in the larger chamber, it will 
be clearly seen that this apartment must have extended 
at one time much further northward — anyhow the whole 
length of the present building. A deep crack in the 
second tie beam, which is bedded in the partition forming 
the north wall, accounts for perpendicular props having 
been placed under it, three for the support of the weaker 
portion and two under the stronger. The whole partition 
rests on large stones and the part divided ofi* was con- 
verted into the low adjoining chamber, passage, staircase 
and loft. The king post and braces in the wall are 
precisely similar in design to those in the middle of the 
room, but along the edge of the tie beam is a deep 
moulding, which is repeated in the wall plates on the 
east and west walls. 

The panels into which the partition is divided by the 
supporting beams are decorated with tempera paintings. 
The designs are very much effaced, no proper care having 
ever been taken of them. But it is surprising that 





FEESCO IN SHULBREDE PRIORY. 




8HULBREDE PRIORY. 35 

there is anything to be seen, considering that the farm 
children used to play with bows and arrows against this 
wall. 

In the second panel from the left there is an elaborate 
coat of arms surmounted by the initials "I. R.," with 
the motto "Beati Pacifici" inscribed beneath. It is a 
delicately coloured and heraldically correct painting of 
the royal arms of James I. The remains of rudely 
sketched trees above the arms, similar to the back- 
ground of the other paintings, shows that this was 
painted over some other subject — or rather it can be 
seen on close inspection that the previous design was 
first completely effaced. The emblazonment of the 
royal arms here is difficult to explain. Possibly it was 
,on account of the manorial court which was and still is 
held in the Priory, this room being used as the court 
room. On the left, nearest the fireplace, is a curious 
and interesting painting representing animals perched on 
roughly-painted green hills. Scrolls issue irom their 
mouths, on which are inscribed in Latin words resem- 
bling, their natural cries. The cock cries, " Christus 
natus est;" the duck asks, ^^ Quando quando;" the 
raven answers, ^' In hac nocte ; " the bull inquires, 
'' Ubi ubi ; " the lamb replies, '' In Bethlem." 

On the top of the panel is the inscription: ^^Ecce 

concipiet virgo et pariet filium et vocabitur nomen ejus 

Emanuel. Isai." Below the figures is written the 

following verse : — 

Gloria tibi Domine 
Qui natus es de virgine 
Cum Patre et Sane to Spiritu 
In sempiterna ssecula. Amen. 

On the cross-beam at the bottom are the words: 
^'Omnis Spiritus laudet Dominum. Psal." (In none 
of the County Histories are these inscriptions accurately 
quoted.) 

Although it would seem likely that this was the work 
of one of the monkish inhabitants, as it is certainly by a 
diflFerent artist to the coat of arms and of an earlier 
date ; on the other hand, it appears to be of the same 

D 2 



36 SHULBREDE PRIORY. 

date as the panel on the right of the coat of arms, in 
which three women, whose costume is of the Elizabethan or 
Jacobean period, are painted in the same green and black 
colours, also on a rough background of green hills. Any- 
how, none of the work is earlier than the beginning of the 
sixteenth century. The idea of the animals declaring 
the Nativity is no doubt of very early origin. A mediseval 
French poem gives it in a very similar form : — 

Comme les bestes autrefois 
Parloient mieux Latin que Fran9ois, 
Le coq de loin voyant ce faict 
S*6cria "Christus natus est." 
Le boeuf d'un air lent ^baubi 
Demande " Ubi ubi ubi ? " 
La cb^vre se tordant le groin 
Eepond que c*est k Betblebem. 
Maistre Baudot, curiosus 
De Taller voir, dit ** Eamus " 
Et droit sur ses pattes le veau 
Beugle deux fois " Volo volo." 

A like design in a woodcut for a sheet of carols, 
published in 1701, is described in Hone's Everyday 
Book, 1826. 

The other paintings represent two birds fighting with 
sword and buckler, a fox and part of another beast, and 
a group of buildings with a tall spire. On the east wall 
there are traces of a dog and buildings, the chimney 
stacks of which resemble those of the Priory. 

Rouse (Beauties and Antiquities of Sussex, p. 404) 
gives a picture of the Prior's Chamber with paintings over 
all the walls, but as it is very inaccurate in other respects 
it is impossible to say whether this was correct, although 
there were probably more paintings than are now visible. 

Besides the paintings, there is a rude ornamentation in 
grey and red over the fireplace. On the floor of the 
Prior's Chamber and the adjoining room and passage are 
many glazed yellow and red tiles of varied design. 

The present dining room on the ground floor is on the 
site of the refectory; the west wall is merely a thin 
partition, and the large open fireplace with ingle nooks 
dates from the seventeenth century. On the exterior of 
the north wall of this room are interesting traces of a 



38 SHULBREDE PRIORY. 

trefoil headed arcade, either part of the cloisters or 
a lavatory. The three trefoil arches spring from the 
capitals of pillars, the shafts of which have disappeared. 
The centre arch is raised above the other two, and the 
arcade is continued on the right by a high round arch. 
The large stone corbel projecting out of the wall above 
the arches is difficult to explain. On the south wall 
the stone jambs of two windows are still visible. 
Remains of plaster found on the rafters of the roof 
in this part of the building would lead one to suppose 
that a lofty room, similar to the Prior's Chamber, 
must once have occupied the upper part of this wing. 
The chapel which Dallaway specuts of as being utterly 
dilapidated occupied the space now taken up by the 
orchard, where many stones have been discovered. A 
drum of a column 3-it. in diameter, an octagonal respond 
4-ft. across and heavily moulded pieces of vault ribs are 
among the most interesting fragments that have lately 
been dug up. 

The disposition of the various parts of a religious 
house is almost invariably the same, the only variation 
being the position of the chapel, which in some instances, 
according to the lie of the ground, is situated on the south 
side. The plan accompanying this paper is made out 
from measurements of the existing remains, the size of 
the cellarage as it stood in the early nineteenth century 
being taken into consideration. Comparison has also 
been made with the conjectural plan of Hardham Priory 
(Vol. XVIII., p. 55), which was the nearest foundation of 
the same order, about the same size and approximately 
the same date. 

In the grounds are two of the old fish ponds connected 
by a moat and the embankment of a third, which is now 
dried up. There is also a small arched aqueduct of early 
thirteenth century stone work leading under the road. 

Both in the orchard and in the meadow north of the 
Priory are mounds and embankments, which, if extensive 
excavations were carried out, would, no doubt, be found 
to cover further interesting remains of the Priory 
buildings. 



10 




■■ Original Structure now stand iViq. 
■■* • * standing early in XIX century. 

=. Modern Buildin6s. 
=^= Conjectural Plan of FViory. 

PLAN OF SHULBREDE PRIORY. 



1. Site 0/ Chapel. 6. SiU of Kitchen. 

2. „ Chapter House. 

5. „ Cloisters. 
4. Arcade of Cloisters or Lavatory. 

6. Btfectory. 

10. Position of Lead Coffin recently discovered lying in Stone Cist. 



7. (f) Cellarer's Parlour with Prior's 
Chambers above. 

8. Entrance. 
0. Cellarage with (f) Dormitory above. 



40 SHULBBEDE PBIOBY. 

The following additional notes on various matters of 
interest connected with the Priory are given in chrono- 
logical order. 

Of the founder, Ralph de Arderne's, ancestry, it is 
difficult to find any reliable information. There are two 
conjectures worth mentioning: (1) DMgdale (History of 
Warwickshire, Vol. II., p. 952) considers Ralph de 
Hampton, son of Turchill de Warwick, to be identical 
with Ralph de Arderne. This is conceivable, as the whole 
Ardeme family must have originally come from Warwick- 
shire. The first mention of him, according to Dugdale, 
is in 5 Stephen, and the last in 33 Hen. II.: ^^ Where being 
a justice itinerant he is termed Radulphus de Ardeme." 
As, however, there is undoubted evioence of his being 
alive in 1208, it seems unlikely, though not impossible, 
that the Ralph of 5 Stephen (1140) is the same man. 
Moreover, Dugdale gives Roger, Peter and Robert as his 
children, and no mention of his son Thomas, or his 
grandson Ralph. (2) Mr. Waters, in his paper on the 
Bohuns of Midhurst (The Herald and Genealogist, Vol. 
VII., p. 312), states erroneously that Ralph is not 
mentioned in the Warwickshire pedigrees, and suggests 
that his claim to the Bohun lands arose out of the fact 
that his mother was a daughter of Savaric FitzCana, who 
married a Bohun. It is improbable that both these 
conjectures are correct, as there would surely be some 
evidence of so eminent a man as Turchill de Warwick, 
the largest landowner mentioned in Domesday, having 
married a descendant of the Bohuns. 

Foss gives Ralph's career (Judges of England, Vol. I., 
p. 339) and also that of his grandson Ralph TVol. II., 

£30), but confuses the later part of his life witn that of 
s grandson. 

For the following facts there is good documentary 
evidence: — He was SheriflF of Hereford and Justice 
Itinerant in the Western Counties (Pipe Roll, 1 
Ric. I.). He acted in Shropshire, also in Herefordshire, 
Gloucestershire and StaflFordshire. In 1187 he was 
amerced in the large sum of £65, for 13 days' neglect in 
attending to the exchequer according to his summons 



8HULBREDE PRIORY. 41 

(Madox Exch. 11, 235). His employment in the King's 
service arose out of his having married Amabilia, 
daughter of Ranulph de GlanvilTe, the Justiciary of 
England. An obscure reference in the chronicle of 
Richard of Devizes (R. Hewlett, ed. 1886) seems to 
show that when Glanville was removed from power, 
Ralph suffered also. 

In the reign of Henry II., on the death of Savaric de 
Bohun, a fine was levied to transfer to Ralph de Arderne 
the Bohun lands in Normandy, and also the Sussex estate. 
Franco de Bohun, heir and nephew of Savaric, being in 
the King's disfavour, was unable to withstand so powerful 
an adversary as Ralph de Arderne, and was therefore 
compelled by the King to forego his rights and convey to 
Ralph the lands in question. This fine passed at Caen, 
where the King spent Christmas, 1187. Richard I., 
however, on coming to the throne, declared this fine null 
and void as not founded on justice. Ralph renewed his 
suit, claiming the entire succession of Savaric Fitz 
Savaric, consisting of Bohun, in Normandy, held in 
barony, and estates in Sussex, held in vavasory. It was 
finally agreed, in 1199, that the manors of Ford and 
Climping, the moiety of Ilesham and £10 worth of land in 
Lavington should be released to Ralph, and the rest should 
remain to the heir of the Bohuns. The renewal of the 
case, as carried on by Thomas, son of Ralph, is fully dealt 
with in Mr. Calverley's paper (Vol. XL VII., p. 3). 

Ralph married, secondly, Agnes de la Mare, heiress of 
the Barony of Castle Holgate, in Shropshire (Eyton, IV., 
59), and widow of Robert Mauduit, of Warmmster. She 
died about 1198. In the Pipe Roll of 1194 he makes 
a fine for collecting ^^Benevolentiam Regis," and the 
year after his name occurs again as Justice, this time at 
Lichfield (Eyton, VIII., 247). In 1202 he was in attend- 
ance on King John, at La Suse, in Anjou (Patent Roll, 
1202), and at Christmas, 1204, he crossed over to Flanders 
in the King's service. 

In 1208 he is mentioned as serving as Justice at Shrews- 
bury (Eyton, VI., 368). April 17th of that year is the 
date of the charter stating that Ralph de Arderne has 



1 



42 SHULBREDE PRIORY. 

the Priory in his possession (Rot. Glaus, 9 John), and 
finally on January 23rd (the year ended in February) he 
is mentioned (with others) as being given the joint 
custody of all the manors of the Archbishopric of 
Canterbury (Rot. Pat., 9 John). His death must have 
occurred soon after this, as in 1212 there was a renewal 
of the lawsuit by Thomas, who was his son by his first 
wife. 

1228. — King John had granted to the Prior of Shulbrede 
the right to hold a fair at Lynchmere annually for two 
days, on the vigil and feast of the Exaltation of the Cross 
September 23rd). King Henry III. subsequently 
eclared that the fair was to be held on the vigil and 
feast of the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr (July 
7th), and directed the Sheriffs of Sussex and also of 
Surrey to publish the alteration, and see that it was carried 
out as ordered : — 

De feria Mutanda. Doininus Rex concessit Priori de Wlenchemere 
quod feria quam eis concessit Dominus J. Rex etc. singulis annis 
apud Wlenchemere in vigilia et in die Exaltationis Sancte Crucis, 
decetero teneatur ibidem in vigilia et in die Translationis Sancti Thome 
Martiris nisi etc. Et mandatum est vicecomiti Sussex' quod feriam 
illam per totam ballivam suam clamari faciat et ei habere faciat sicut 
prsedictum est. 

Teste J. Bathoniensi episcopo apud Westmonasterium 

XXIX die ApriKs. 

Eodem modo scribitur vicecomiti Surr' pro eodem.^ 

1261. — In the Charters of Selborne Priory there is a 
document relating to the release of certain lands to 
Selborne Priory by Ralph de Cameys, Lord of the Manor 
of West Tisted, dated, at Schulbrede, August 18th, 1261, 
" die Jovis pr. p.f. Assumpt : B.M." 

Sir Ralph must have been staying at the Priory as a 
guest at the time. Sir Ralph de Cameys (or Camoys), 
who was granted the Manor of Trotton by Edward I., was 
an ancestor of the family, many distinguislied members 
of which are known to history in subsequent years. 

1316. — Before the Priory obtained the advowson of the 
Church at Midlavant a Prior of Schulbrede is mentioned 

1 Ref . Calendar of Close Rolls, 12 Hen. III. 



SHULBREDE PETORY. 



43 



thus in the Parliamentary writ of 9 Ed. II,, 1316: — 
** Silebrede, Shulbred or Wolmchniere — Prior of (Prior 
de Scheluebred) certified pursuant to writ tested at Clip- 
stone 5 March as one of the lords of the townships of 
Midlavant and Binderton in the County of Sussex/' 

Again in the roll of subsidy levied in 11:1 1 this Manor, 
under the title of Rawmerej is entered as belonging to 
the Prior of Shulbrede and being worth yearly, beyond 
repriscsj £20. 

1373. — In a letter from Gregory XI. to the Bisliop of 
London, dated Avignon j Fehruaryj 1373j respecting the 
appointment of a priest to the Church of Midlavant, the 
late incumbent J Thomas Warn pone, is mentioned as 
having been instituted by " Bishop William on the 
presentation of John Prior and the Convent of 
Shulbrede." (Cal. of Papal Registers.) 

1390. — '* Robert Newetetymbre (Newtimber) Augus- 
tinian Canon of tlie Monastery of Selbrede '^ was 
appointed Papal Chaplain (Papal Registers, Boniface 
IX*). A similar lion our was confaxed on John Dene 
(also a Canon) in January, 1400, (Papal Registers.) 

1464.— The Obituary or Bede Rolls of William 
Ebchester and John Burnby, Priors of Durham between 
1446-14G4j are printed in full in the Surtees Society's 
collection, Sucli documents on the subject of monastic 
intercession for the dead were entrusted to roll bearers, 
who travelled round the country from one monastery to 
another. The object of these rolls was to procure for 
the soul of the deceased person the prayers of the 
religious fraternities to wliom they were presented that 
it might be delivered by their intercession from the pains 
of purgatory. Tlie document consists of a roll of 
parchmentj sometimes decorated and illuminatedj with 
an account of the deceased written in a highly eulogistic 
style at the beginning. Each separate monastery sub- 
scribed its one entry or Titulus, containing a statement 
of the order and dedication of each monastery ^ written 
by one of its own members » The handwriting varies 
from an ill-spelt scrawl to a carefully written entry with 



.44 SHULBBEDE PRlORV. 

an elaborately designed initial. In the case of Shulbrede 
the writing is of a superior character. This particular 
roll was taken to 639 monasteries, and the route of the 
traveller can be accurately traced from house to house. 
The Roll bearer's journey in Sussex was as follows: 
Arundel, Chichester, Hardham, Easebourne, Shulbrede, 
Dureford, then to Selborne, in Hampshire, and Waverley, 
in Surrey. The full entry is as follows : — 

Titulus Ecclesise Beatse Marise et SanctsB Crucis de Shulbred, Ordinis 
Sancti Augustini, Cicestrens: Dioc. Anima Magistri Willelmi Ebchestre 
et anima Magistri Jobannis Bunby et animse omnium fidelium def unc- 
torum per misericordiam Dei in pace requiescant. 

Vestris nostra damns pro nostris vestra rogamus. 

Other rolls given in the same collection, though taken 
to several of the Sussex Monasteries, appear not to have 
reached Shulbrede. (Ref. Surtees Soc. 1856, p. 38, No. 
549.) 

1459. — In the Muniments of Magdalen College, 
Oxford (Misc., 224), is the following entry : — ^^ Shylbrede 
Priory, Sussex. The advowson granted by Henry 
Percy, Earl of Northumberland, to Bishop Waynflete, 
24 Dec, 1459." 

There is not, however, any trace of Bishop Waynflete 
having had further connection with the Priory. He 
seems to have taken no steps at all for the annexation of 
Shulbrede, and except with a view to annexation the 
advowson would not be of any use to him. Had he 
conveyed the advowson to anyone else, the grant of 
1459 would have been passed on to the person acquiring 
the advowson as part of the evidence of title, and would 
therefore not be among the Muniments of Magdalen 
College. Its presence there, together with the fact that 
Waynflete took no steps to annex the Priory, may be 
taken to show that the grant was inoperative. 

Circ. 1478. — There is a twelfth or thirteenth century 
manuscript, ^^S. Ambrosii quaedam," in the Library of 
King's College, Cambridge, which was once the property 
of the Priory and bears the signature of Thomas Clune, 
Prior of Shulbrede, c. 1478. 



8HULBREDE PRIORY. 45 

In the initial of f. 1 of the MS. is written ^' Prioratus 
de Shulbrede," and on the verso of the cover opposite 
f. 1 is written on a scroll, ^^ Disce pati q* (quoth) Thomas 
Clune." On flF. 23b-24a is written ^^ Disce pati Shiilbrede 
T. Clune." Clune probably wrote also the table of contents 
on f. 104a at the end. The MS. seems also to have been 
in the Convent of Swyn (a Cistercian Priory of Nuns in 
Yorkshire"). It was presented to King's College by 
Richard Stokes, born at Aldingbourne, in Sussex, who 
was a grandson of Bishop Montague (Alumni Etonenses, 
1797, p. 246.) (Catalogue of MSS. in K. Coll., Camb.) 

1535. — In addition to Lay ton's letter sent to Richard 
Cromwell from Shulbrede, there is one from him written 
a few days earlier at Waverley Abbey, in which he 
expresses his intention to ^'despatch" the Priory ^^by 
the way." It is a good example of the spirit of prejudice 
in which he always entered upon his work. 

Sept. 26, 1535. — On Friday at night I came into Sussex to an Abbey 
called Durford. It might better be called Dirtyford, the poorest 
Abbey that I have seen, as this bearer, the Abbot thereof, can tell — 
far in debt and great decay. . . . 

A Priory of Nuns (Easebourne Priory) and another of Canons (Shul- 
brede), close together near Chichester, being of their poverty unable 
to lodge us, we were compelled to ride to Waverley and lodge there on 
Saturday night. Of these houses there are three Canons in one and 
four Nuns in the other. We will despatch them on Monday by the 
way, and so on to Chichester Cathedral ; and after we have visited the 
Church, if the Bishop is not able to come to us, we will visit him at 
his house 3 miles distant, and so to Arundel College ; then to Lewes 
and Battle, and so to Kent. (Eef . State Papers Foreign and Domestic 
1535, 444.) 

1636-9. — One of the Cowdray deeds, dated 1636 (seen 
by Sir W. Burrell before the fire), is an indenture between 
J. Egar, of Lynchmere, and E. Fielder, of Troyle, of the 
one part and Francis Viscount Montague of the other 
part, and shows that Roger Shotter, farmer, of Viscount 
Montague, had been in possession of the Priory buildings 
for 39 years after the dissolution. 

That Roger Shotter resided at the Priory for a long 
time is confirmed by the entry of his burial in the 
Lynchmere Church register. As a rule the register 
only mentions names and occasionally the place of 



46 SHULBBEDE PRIORY. 

residence, but in this one instance there is a short 
eulogy showing that Shotter was a man of note in the 
parish. Burial Register, 1639, Aug. 1 : ^^ Roger Shotter, 
of Shulbrede, about 80 years of age, who had been a 
liberal housekeeper about 60 years, an expert chirurgian 
and cured in his life time multitudes of impotent poor 
people of foul and dangerous (? frame) at his own proper 
charge for God's cause, a lover of nature and a compleat 
Christian." 

1608. — There is a full survey of the possessions of the 
Priory drawn up at Arundel in 1608. Apparently post- 
dissolution monastic surveys are not unusual. The 
heading is : — 

Comitatus Sussexia. — Shulbred. 

Supervisus nuper dissoluti prioratus de Shulbred predict! factus 
apud Arundell decimo quarto die Septembris anno regni domini Nostri 
Jacobi etc etc. per Thoniam MarshaU generosum supervisorem posses- 
sionum dicti domini Ilegis in comitatu predicto virtute Commissionis 
extra Scaccarium suum sibi directe per sacramentum diversorum 
proborum. hominum. 

Then follows the names of the witnesses for each 
district and a description of the lands, together with the 
name of the occupant. Some entries coincide with those 
made in the survey at the time of the dissolution, but 
there are several additional places included. 

The summary at the end gives the items in brief : — 

Summa omnium. Eedituum quietorum infra parocbias separatas 
predictas et Prioratui de Shulbred nuper dissoluto pertinencium 
videlicet. 

Parham v* 

Lergasale viii* iiij*" 

Tillington xii** 

Hasellmere ii* iiij* 

Bepton viii** 

Linchmere vi** et j libra peperis 

Bramshott xi 

Gline vi" viii*^ 

Sanctus Thomas infra Clivam .... x** 

Petworth viii" 

Medhurst iii" 

xlvij* iiij'* et j lib. peperis 
examinatur. 



NOTES FROM THE ACT BOOKS OF THE 
ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 



By WALTER C. EENSHAW, K.C. 



Although the Act Books ex officio mero of the Arch- 
deaconry Court of Lewes, to which access has been 
accorded to the writer by the kindness of Mr. Carrey, the 
Registrar, are as a whole dreary reading, they yet aflFord, 
by a process of selection, some interesting, if not useful, 
information on matters ecclesiastical, parochial and social. 
The nature and extent of the jurisdiction of such a Court 
are succinctly described in Stubbs' Cojistitutional History} 
A great portion of these books is occupied by minutes of 
formal proceedings, such as monitions to churchwardens 
to take the oath for the faithful performance of their 
duties, or to exhibit their bills of presentments, or at a 
later date the annual transcripts of the registers. Next 
to these in frequency are the notes of cases with regard 
to subtraction of tithe, as to immorality, as to defama- 
tion, as to rectors or farmers of rectories being called 
upon to repair chancels or parsonages, and as to persons 
being required to show why they had intermeddled with 
the effects of deceased persons without having proved 
their wills or taken out letters of administration. 

In the following excerpts attempt has been made to 
furnish specimens of what is interesting in various aspects 
of the subject matter of the work of the Court; and it 
will be found that they supply local instances illustrative 
of the state of affairs described in chapter 12 of The 
Personal Government of Charles /., by the late Mr. S. R. 
Gardiner. 

1 Ed. 1878, Vol. III., p. 34, et seq. 



48 NOTES FROM THE ACT BOOKS OF 

They also shed light upon a custom which prevailed in 
some parishes of providing the wages of a parish clerk 
by means of a rateable assessment on the occupiers of 
property, closely resembling the incidence of the burthen 
of repairing in kind the church marks or fences. The 
assessment for the clerk's wages in Bolney, temp. Henry 
VIII., was apparently on houses only.^ The following 
extracts show that the practice referred to also obtained 
in Barcombe, Bexhill, Cuckfield (where the wage was 
certainly assessed on land), Eastbourne, Ewhurst, Hooe, 
Hove, rlayden, and Worth. The corresponding Act 
Books of the Court of the Deanery of South Mailing 
indicate that it also existed in the Archbishop's Peculiars 
of Mayfield (16th March, 161f), St. Thomas-in-the-CliflFe 
(14th May, 1623), Buxted (12th November, 1623), Lind- 
field (19th January, 162^) and Ringmer (29th February, 
1630), the dates given being those of the entries. When 
not so levied the clerk's wages were paid by the church- 
wardens, as at Rye® and St. Michael's, Lewes.* These 
different methods of remuneration are in conformity with 
the 91st Canon, which, though merely declaratory m this 
respect, directs that the clerks shall have and receive their 
ancient wages, either at the hands of the churchwardens 
at such times as hath been accustomed, or by their own 
collection, according to the most ancient custom of every 
parish.^ 

With regard to church marks several notes already 
exist in our Collections^ from which it appears that the 
earliest instance hitherto recorded in them is a casual 
reference to one at Lindfield in 1590.^ The ensuing 
supplementary extracts from the Deposition Books of the 
Archdeaconry Court for 1611, in relation to the practice 

a S.A.C., Vol. VI., p. 245. 

• HoUoway's History of Rye^ p. 478. 

* S.A.C., Vol. XLV., p. 57. 

« Cardwell's Synodalia, p. 298. 

6 Mentioned in the lists for Lindfield in 1636 {S.A.C., Vol. XIX., p. 48). There 
are also Usts for Wivelsfield, 1697 and 1759 {S.A.C., Vol. XXXVl., p. 22), Itching- 
field, 1706 {S.A.C., Vol. XL., p. 82) and Chiddingly, 1772 (S.A,C., Vol. XIV., 
p. 238). In Edburton the lists of 1610 and 1698 are printed in Mr. Wilkie's edition 
of the registers of that parish. The system existed at Kingston jnxta Lewes 
(S.A.C., Vol. XXIX., p. 156). 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 49 

and the mode of exercising it at Wivelsfield, carry it back 
by direct evidence to 1573. The duty of maintaining 
the churchyard fence (^' clausura cimeterii "X as laid down 
by Robert de Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 
one of liis constitutiones provinciales of 1305, was in the 
parishioners, ^^ tam de jure quam de consuetudine."'' In 
some, and probably most, parishes this was satisfied by 
the churchwardens procuring the repairs to be done and 
defraying the expense out of parish monies ; but in other 
parishes the custom grew up of apportioning the work or 
liability among the occupiers of all, or some in particular, 
of the lands in the parish. Instances of the former 
practice occur as early as 1447-8 in the parish accounts 
of TintinhuU, co. Somerset,® and instances of the latter 
practice, as to which it is at present a moot point whether 
it existed in pre-Reformation times, are referred to above 
and will be found infra. The divergence in practice 
appears to be recognised by the 85th Canon, which states 
it to be the duty of the churchwardens to see that 
churchyards be duly repaired and fenced, as they have 
been in each place accustomed, at the charge oi those 
unto whom by law the same appertaineth. 

The Act Books ex officio run from 1550 to 1557, and 
with occasionally a slight break from 1 580 to 1 64 1 . They 
re-commence in 1661. 

1581. Nov. 14. Hellinglye. Thomas Walshe "utterly refuaeth to 

make his church mark." 
1581. Nov. 14. Meeching. John Penfould "commonly goeth out 

of the church before prayers." 
1581. Nov. 14. Salehurst. Robert Bridger " keepeth ill rule in 

playing as a musicion in service time ; " and John Danke " for 

kepinge mynstrells playing in his house on the Saboth daie.'* 

1581. Nov. 29. Worth. Eichard Alfrey "for [not] making his 
church mark ; " and Dec. 13, Thomas Covep for the like. 

1582. Nov. 1. Ticehurst. Office of judge against Master [John] 
Wharton, the vicar, " for that he doth commonly use when they 
have the Communion to goe out of the church in the sermon 
tyme and preaching of the word, and calling others after him ; 
Also That in prayer in the church, when the preacher is in his 
prayer, he doth unreverently sit with his hat on his hedd." 

7 Lyndwood, Ed. 1679, Appendix 35 and p. 253, note (c). 

8 Somerset Record Society, Vol. IV., p. 183. 

XLIX. E 



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1582. Nov. 28. Alfriston. The wife of Edward Jones to prove 
^' that she did eat the Gommunion bread and |put yt not in hir 
glove." 

1583. May 10. Meeching. Cart wright, the curate, '^forsolempnizing 
matrimony last lent." 

1583. May 10. Folkington. Office of judge against [Ralph] 
Stonward, or Steward, the rector. He was admonished **that 
the next tyme he ministered the Communipn, he should 
minister the said Gommunion with ordinary bread, and not 
with wafer." 

1583. July 10. West Hoathly. Eichard Challoner to prove his 
allegations, ** viz' that he doth not lyve apart from his wiffe 
but doth lyve with her as an honest man ought to doe saving 
that for necessary occasions he is absent sometimes by his 
wiffs consent." 

1583. Sept. 12. Flumpton. Thomas Burtenshaw to shew '^ that he 
hath repayred his church marke." 

1583. Sept. 12. Fletching. John Streatfield "for that his church 
marke ys in decaye." 

1583. Nov. 13. Hurstmonceux. Morris [curate there] to shew " that 
he hath said service one Wedensdays and ffridayes." 

158^. Feb. 21. Brighthelmston. John Hickley "for. being an 
unquiet person and a seditious person." 

158J. Feb. 21. Chittingly. The churchwardens to shew "that the^- 
have provided a surplis." The churchwardens of Arlington, 
5 Sept., 1584, of Ticehurst, 15 Feb., 158^, and of Warbleton, 
on the same day, were all similarly injoined to provide "a 
decent surplis."® 

1584. Sept. 5. Wilmington. The churchwardens "for that they 
lacke a decent pulpett, a cheste for the almes of the poore, 
and a register boke." 

1584. Oct. 5. Folkington. The churchwardens " for that the church 
and church markes are in decay." 

158^. Feb. 8. Burwash. Goddard Foster, farmer of the rectory, 
" for that the chancell is unheled and unpaved and unglased." 

158f. Feb. 15. Folkington. John Baker "for playing cardes in 
service tyme." 

1585. April 20. Hooe. Richard Wood "for not paying to the 
clerk his wage viz. v' vj*." 

1585. June 8. Ardingly. John Brett "for not repayringe his 
church mark." 

1585. June 8. [East] Bourne. John Cowden "for plowing on 
Easter Monday." 

* These and other cases were no doubt to enforce compliance with the 
'* Advertisements " of Archbishop Parker in 1566. 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 61 

1585. July 24. Waldron. John Fuller " for a church marke." 

1586. [No date.] Bexhill. William Barker for being " vehemently 
supposed to deale in sorcerye in helpinge the people to thinges 
lost." He was promptly excommunicated. 

1587. April. Fairlight. John Simons " for that he went out of 
the churche when the preecher went up into the pulpitt, and 
came not in again ; Also for irreverent behaving of himself in 
the churche in the tyme of divine service uppon the Saboth 
daies, and he is mutch geven to Drinkinge." 

1587. Midsomer. Rye. The** chancel in decay; the default in 
Thomas Hibblewhite farmer of the rectory." 

1587. Midsomer. Eastbourne. **Wee doe understande by the 
midwiffe y' Thomas Smythe's wiffe did saye the service y* is 
appointed in the booke for the churcheinge of women when 
the woman came to church" [at a time] **not appointed by 
the minister." 

1587. Midsomer. Falmer. " 0' parson hath not distrybuted the 
fortythe parte of his Benefice to the poore as he ought 
to do." 

1587. Midsomer. Wivelsfield. Dennis Bartlett ** the reputed farmer 
of the parsonage for that the roofe of the chancell is not 
sufficiently repaired." 

1587. Oct. 19. Horsted Keynes. **Mr. Eichard Michelborne, his 
wiffe and daughters, have not receaved the Holie communion 
theise two yeares." 

1 58|. Jan. 1 6. Clayton. ** Wee have had noe sermons in o' parishe 
church since chiistmas nowe twoe yeares in the default of the 
parson." The parson was John Farley, cler., instituted to the 
rectory of Clayton cum Keymer 24 Feb., 157f, on the presenta- 
tion of Edward Knight, of Clayton, the patron. (Visitation 
Book of the Archdeaconry, sub anno 1586.) 

158|. Jan. 27. Cuckfield. ** Thomas Brett usethe commonly to 
slope in the sermon tyme." 

1591. Sept. 26. Hamsey. Robert Hooker "for suffering ill rule 
infra aedes." 

1591. Oct. 5. Horsted Keynes. Mr. Richard Michelborne liable for 
**cancella ruinosa." 

159^^. Jan. 26. Iden. William Gladish for being ** suspect of 
sorcery." ^° 

1592. May 9. Rodmell. Agnes Hall "famula of John Chambers 
for not paying towardes the bread and wyne." 

159|. Jan. 20. Denton. John Breadon for being " oftentymes 
drunken abroad out of the parish, but not in our parish to our 
knowledge." 

" See Hist MS 8. Com.f Vol. XIII., Part 4, for cases of bewitchment at Hastings 
in 159f (p. 108), and at Rye in 1606 (pp. 136-139), in 1608 (p. 140), and in 1610 
(p. 145). 

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From 1580 to about this date there are many instances 
of trial by compurgators, of which the following is a 
specimen : 

159|. Jan. 20. Salehurst. William Upton and Martha Padiham 
accuBed of incontinency. Upton appeared and produced four 
compurgators, Thomas Russdl, John Sherwold, Thomas Cavye 
and Thomas Lulham, when he swore that he never camaliter 
cognovit Martha Padiham, and they deposed that they believed 
his denial to be true, wherefore the judge declared that he 
had sufficiently purged himself, and restored him to his former 
reputation (pristinee famse), and dismissed the case. As to the 
ecclesiastical courts suffering the compurgatory process to 
become " a silly farce " founded on perjury, see Pollock and 
Maitland's HisL of Eng. Law, Ed. 1895, vol. ii., pp. 541 and 
634. A similar case with six compurgators occurred at 
Bingmer, 17 May, 1620 (Act Books ex officio for Deanery of 
South Mailing) ; and a trial of this sort in the Court of High 
Conmiission, 26 April, 1632, is reported in Cases in the Star 
Chamber and High Commission Court, p. 276 (Camd. Soc.) 

159|. Feb. 7. Catsfield. Mistress Ellen Pelham, wife of Edward 
Pelham, **for not frequenting the churche." 

1593. May 9. Bolney. Joan Studd ( ? ) " for sitting in her seate at 
tyme of divine service, and not departing after the vicar theare 
had denounced her as excommunicate." 

1594. June 19. Hove. Robert Androes **for not paying the 
Clarke's wages." 

1595. Dec. 9. Southover. Agnes, wife of Thomas Dickner, "for not 
sitting in the seat assigned to her by the churchwardens." 

1596. Oct. 1. Aldrington. Henry English, the rector, reported that 
"he hath placed a newe fonte in the usuall place in y* 
churche."" 

159f. Feb. 23. Horsted Keynes. Master Eichard Michelborne 
cited " quia insula pertinens ecclesise aeget reparacionem " in 
his default. At the next Court on 8 March he appeared and 
admitted the charge, and was ordered to do the repairs before 
Michaelmas then next. 

1597. April 15. Westmeston. [John] Batnor the rector "for that 
y* chancell windowe wanteth glasing and for serving his cattle 
in the churchy arde." 

1597. Oct. 29. Portslade. The churchwardens to provide a register 
book." 

" Henry English, ordained priest by John, Bishop of Gloucester, 6 Dec., 1582, 
was instituted to Aldrington 9 Nov., 1584, on the presentation of Henry Shales, 
cler., and inducted 23 Nov., 1584 (Visitation Book, sub anno 1606). 

" The Convocation of Cant-erbury in 1597 made a constitution, which was 
approved under the great seal, that the old registers should be copied into parch- 
ment books. 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 53 

1597. Nov. 8. West Hoathly. Thomas Binnes "for working on 
St. Luke's day last." 

1597. Nov. 8. Ditcheninge. " Eichard Michelborne gent : and his 
wife, Bichard Michelborne his son, and Margery and Anna 
Michelborne his daughters, for not receaving the sacrament." 

1597. Dec. 6. Chailey. John Marten **for playing at tables and 

cards diebus dominicis." 
1599. May 22. Maresfield. Ambrose Bechinge " for selling bread 

and ale in time of divine service." 
1599. May 22. Brighthelmston. Henry Hovell **for usurping a 

seat in the church." 

1599. Nov. 6. Maresfield. Thomas Ashbee "for working his oxen 
on the day of St. Michael." 

1600. May 29. Wartling. John Eichards " for foddering of cattle 
in cimiterio ecclesiae." 

1600. Oct. 4. Ticehurst. John Comber " for keeping ill rule in his 
house for drunkards, and speaking shamefull speeches viz^ 
That A woman hath a ruffe god." 

1600. Oct. 4. Westfield. Edward Leeds for that " a childe of his 
was not brought to be baptized before the departure 
thereof." 

160 J. Feb. 26. Beddingham. John Heaves ** for sittinge disorderly 
in the chancel with a dog on his knee." 

160 J. March 4. Slaugham. Eichard Woods ** for breaking Thomas 

Mutton's head in the churche." 
160 J. March 4. Eastbourne. Eichard Ammell and Eichard Eussell 

" for not paying the dark's wages." 

1601. Sept. 8. Lewes. Thomas Bartlett "for carrying a load of 
wood on the day of St. Peter ad vincula." 

1601. Oct. 30. Streate. William Howell "for selling a tenement 
to Jone Prise at Eangston juxta Lewes being excommunicate." 

160^^. Jan. 21. Ewhurst. Thomas Brigden "for not paying the 
clearckes wadges." 

1603. Oct. 25. Meeching. Master [Humphrey] Swifte, cler., the 
rector, " for refusing to read the Injunctions quarterly juxta 
jura." 

1603. Dec. 6. Udimore. Peter Simons "for baptizing a catt." 
He appeared and denied the charge, and was ordered to appear 
with four compurgators on the 17th Jan. next in the church of 
Alfriston. After several adjournments this case was on 28 
March, 1604, ordered to be heard in the town of Eye, but no 
further reference to it has been found." 

1603. Dec. 6. Piddinghoe. Eichard Tuppen, farmer of the rectory, 
" for that the chancel is in decasu." 

^* A case of this sort was before the High Commission Court about 1632. See 
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160J. Feb. 14. Winchelsea. Joan Goldyng "for baptizing a catt." 
This appears to be connected with the similar case at Udimore. 

160J. Feb. 14. Iden. Thomas Dancke "for that uppon St. Stephen's 
Day being druncke he came into the church, and in tyme of 
divine service spued there." 

160f. March 13. Heathfield. Robert Hunt, cler., the vicar, purged 
himself by seven compurgators from a charge of immorality with 
Thomasina Plumer, his servant. At the same Court he was 
proceeded against for that "hee is not resident, keepeth no 
hospitality, and hath put one Ja. Hodgekinson a Curate not 
toUerated." 

160|. March 13. Heathfield. Noah Taylor, aquaebajulus there," 
" for that hee is not a sufficient clearcke to answer the minister, 
or to read divine service, and for brawling with the church- 
wardens in the churcheyarde on the Saboth day." 

1604. June 9. Worth. William Neale "for not paying the clerk 
wages viz' xij** a retro ; " and Dec. 1, Mathew Byshe "for not 
paying viij** to the church, and to the aquaebajulus ii' iij** a 
retro;" and same day, John Alfray "for not paying to the 
aquaebajulus vj** per annum viz' ii* vj** a retro." 

1604. Dec. 1. Pevensey. William Pidlesden "for not paying to the 
aquaebajulus of Bexhill for a tenement in the same parish at 
4** per annum a retro." 

160f. Jan. 8. Bexhill. Thomas Weeks "for not paying the clerck 
his wages for three yeeres for one tenement at 4** the yeere 
viz* xij^" 

160 J. Feb. 26. Eastbourne. James Payne "for that hee doth 
greatly ofPend the people in drunkenness being a manifest and 
vile drunkard, almost every day giving himself to that beastly 
life." 

1605. June 25. Westmeston. John Batnor, cler., rector, " for that 
hee doth not say the letany, nor ten commandments ; neither 
doth hee in baptisme signe with the signe of the Crosse, but 
with the signe of the Covenant; neither doth hee weare the 
surplice." 

1605. June 25. Patcham. Eichard Carter and Eobert Edwards, 
churchwardens, "for that the church marks are very much in 
decay." 

1605. Aug. 27. The churchwardens of Litlington to provide "a 
parchment register book, a decent carpet for the communion 
table, a decent clothe, and a cushion for the pulpitt ; " those of 
Alfriston to provide "a parchment register book, a third locke 
to the cof er, and a surplice ; " and those of Icklesham to provide 
" a carpett for the communion table, the booke of common 
prayer, a standing potte of pewter, the booke of homilies, and 
a locke and key to the register cheste." On 14 Oct., 1614, it 

^^ In mediseyal times the aqusBbajulus was the carrier of holy water, but in the 
Act Books the word denotes the parish clerk or sexton. 



THE ARCHDEIOOKKY OOUBT OF LEWES. (K> 

was shown that at Baloombe there had not jet been provided 
" a standing pot of pewter to hold the wrne at the communion 
table." 

1606. Sept 24. Cnckfield. Master [John] Waterhonse," the vicar, 
**£oT not wearing the sniplioe, nor using the crosse in 
baptisme." After many adjournments this case was apparently 
arranged, as on 17 June, 1606, it was disoiissed, the promoter 
not appearing. 

1606. Sept 24. Portslade. Henry Owden "at Southwick lor 
irreverent speaking against the book of common prayer." 

1606. Nov. 6. Alboume. Joan Yonge, wife of Thomas Yonge, " for 
teaching sdioole in a papisti<»dl house without license, ^* and 
for not bringing her seollers to churche." 

1606. May 31. Hailshain. John Stansall *< for a recusant" 

1606. June 3. BrighUing. Henry Cruttenden " for keeping of 

disorder and selling of beere in service time." 
1606. June 9. Patcham. John Geering " for that he refuseth to 

send his daughters unto the minister to church upon Sundaies 

in the aftemoone to be catechised." 
1606. Oct. 7. Eastbourne. James Gilderidge, gent., was excom- 

mimicated "for not paying xv* for Bent for certaine lands 

called The Churchelands towards the reparacions of the 

church." 
1606. Oct. 7. Folkington. John Culpeper, gent., " for not receiving 

the holie communion at Easter last nor since." At the next 

Court Mr. Parker, the rector, certified that he had since 

received it. 
1606. Nov. 18. Portslade. Master [John] Postlethwaite, the vicar, 

" for that the vicaridge Bame is blowne downe." " 

1606. Nov. 18. Cuckfield. Thomas Jenner, churchwarden, ordered 
to provide '* a Bible, a decent communion table, and a book of 
homilies, before the feast of Christmas." 

1606. Dec. 2. Catsfield. Richard Vincett and Elizabeth, his wife, 
" for being Popish recusants." 

1607. April 28. Woodmancote. Edward Scrase and Edward Lap. 
^' The said Lag, confessed that about 4 or 5 years agon he did 
helpe to carry away a Bell from Aldrington Church, Delivered 
unto him as he said by Thomas BaiTon then Churchwarden, 
and Mr. English parson there, as also by Henry Hoden then a 
parishioner there, and was hired hereunto by Eichard Hen and 

" For John Waterhouse, see S.A.C., Vol. XLIV., p. 26. 

" A license to teach was required under 23 Eliz., c. 1, 8. 6. There is an 
excellent note on the subject in Letters of Eminent Literary Men, p. 325 (Camd. 
Soc.). 

17 John Postlethwaite ordained deacon and priest by Thomas Bickler, Bishop 
of Chichester, 13th April, 1595, instituted to Portslade 12th Oct., 1605, on pre- 
sentation of Sir Edward Lewkenor, and inducted 19th Oct., 1605 (Visitation Book, 
sub anno 1606). 



56 NOTES FKOM THE ACT BOOKS OP 

Edward Michell the churchwardens of Hendfield." The case 
was on this day dismissed as against Scrase and later on 
against Owden. 

1607. Sept. 8. Southwick. John Eawkins, late churchwarden 
there, " for letting a roome in the church to Mr. Hall to lay 
coles in." 

1607. Dec. 1. Henfield. Office of Judge against Eichard Hen and 
Edward Mitchell, of Henfield, and Edward Lag, of Woodman- 
cote. The respondents alleged ** that Sir Thomas Bishoppe 
Knt, in the first yeare of the King's Majestie's raigne that 
now is, or thereabouts, in the behalf of the parishioners of 
Henfield procured to be bought from S' Barnard Whetstone 
Knt," Mr. Edward Bellingham Esq", from the parson of East 
Aldrington, from the churchwardens and other parishioners 
there by and with theire mutuall consente, And did receave 
650 pounds weighte of Bell metall at fRfty shillings the 
hundred to make a bell for the parish church of Hendfield 
with which 650 pounds together with other mettall they made 
a Bell and placed it in the steeple of the parish churche of 
Hendfield, and have and doe use it at this present And Doe 
offer themselves ready to paye the some of money agreed 
uppon to the use of the Church of Aldrington aforesayd, viz* 
sixteene pounds and five shillings of lawfull English money, 
whereof fourteene pounds hath bin in the hands of one 
Hichard Awsten, to them that have right to receave the same 
so that they or other the parrishioners of Hendfield may bee 
suffitiently dischardged from further payment thereof." 

1607. Dec. 15. Lullington. Edmund Hall ''for mo weing of grasse 
upon Midsomer day." 

160|. Jan. 26. Brighthelmston. Eobert Ide, sen' ''for being often 
unquiet in the church in tyme of divyne service." 

1608. Aug. 30. Wivelsfield. Ninian Burrell "for rarely frequent- 
ing the church." ^ 

1609. Sept. 12. Catsfield. Dame Ellen Pelham, Ellen Pelham, her 
daughter, and George Tindall, her servant, " for being popishe 
recusants." 

1609. Sept. 16. Catsfield. Herbert Pelham, arm., "for entertain- 
ing and harbouring within his house Dame Ellen Pelham, 
EUen Pelham and George Tindall being popish recusants, and 
further hee hath conmion resorters to his house who are popish 
recusants and for not receiving the communion this twelve 
moneth." Dame Ellen Pelham was the widow of Sir Edward 
Pelham and mother of Herbert Pelham. 

1609. Oct. 10. Wivelsfield. Eichard Dumbrell, churchwarden, 
presented " That our churchyard is in default, but whoe is to 

^ Sir B. Whetstone was knighted 1603, as of Lincohishire. He was lessee of 
the manor of Hangleton. S.A.C, Vol. XXXIV., pp. 174-5. 

w Fur N. Burrell, see S.A.C., Vol. XXXVI., p. 26. 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 57 

repaye it we cannot surelye tell." On 24 Oct., 1609, lie and 
Edmund Attree, the other churchwarden, were admonished to 
see to the repair of the churchyard fence. The result of the 
pressure from the Court was that prior to or in 1611 Thomas 
Uodman and Thomas Jenner, being then churchwardens, took 
proceedings, in what was apparently a test case, against 
George Luxford, of Wivelsfield, yeoman, to enforce his 
liability. The evidence, which was taken 1 3 June and 22 and 
24 July, 1611, is to be found in the "Deposition Books." 
The first witness was Stephen Jenner, of Wivelsfield, husband- 
man, resident there 38 years and aged 64, who said " that by the 
space of eight and 30 yeres last past inclosures of the church- 
yard of Wivelsfield have been and at this present tyme are 
divided and separated into certayne perches or half perches of 
inclosures which inclosures during the tyme predeposed have 
from tyme to tyme by severall men farming or occupying lands 
within the same parish as often as need required been repaired 
and new made And that there is an olde book belonging to the 
Church af oresayd which sheweth what parte of the churchyarde 
fence every man occupying lands within the same parish ought 
to repair." The next witness was Francis More, of Wivelsfield, 
gent., resident there nearly all his life, born there and aged 46, 
who after proving that Luxford occupied lands commonly 
accounted to belong to Mr. liaphe Pope, of Hendall [in Buxted], 
deposed "that there is an ancient Booke kept in the parish church 
of Wivelsfield which the Churchwardens and ancient men of the 
s* parish have alwaies used to take yerely or oftener and with 
the same to go about y* churchyarde and to view the Ruines 
and Defaults of the Inclosures with whom by the space of 30 
yeares last past the examinate hath usually gone about," and 
he added that during that time inclosures had been repaired 
"and before as it hath been affirmed by old men of the parish and 
as it is commonly reported tyme out of mynde." Several other 
witnesses were examined, the principal of whom was Thomas 
Lucas, of Wivelsfield., gent., resident there 36 years, born in 
Southram, co. Sussex, aged 64, who said, " There is an ancient 
book kept in the parish church in a chest under lock and key 
of burialls christenings and weddings in which book is recorded 
what church markes or inclosures every man occupying lands 
in the same parish ought to make the which book the minister 
and churchwardens do usually take and go about with, &c." 
The earliest entry in the oldest existing register of Wivelsfield, 
which, as usual, is a transcript, is a burial on 16 Oct., 1559, 
and the more ancient book, which apparently existed in 1611, 
is not now to be found. 

1609. Sept. 7. Clayton. Eichard West " for keeping Joan Freeland 
being excommunicated in his house." 

161 J. Jan. 16. Burwash. John Byne, late churchwarden, ordered 
"to bring in a copy of the register for 1609 as to baptisms 
marriages and burials." 



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161 ft. March 2. Catsfield. Herbert Pelham, arm., * * for not receaving 
the communion at Easter last nor since ; and for that his church 
marke is not sufficient ; And also for disturbing Mr. Large in 
his preachinge, he being an excommunicated person, and 
refusing to go out of the church, And for using irreverent 
speeches, as the churchwardens were informed, to the dilEama- 
tion of Mr. Large their minister there, viz'., That Mr. Large 
should say. That hee had as leefe see a sowe weare a saddell 
as see a minister weare a surplice." 

1611. Dec. 10. Telscombe. George Okenden **for driving cattell 
to midsomer fayre last, on the sabboth day before, in the 
afternoone." 

1611. Dec. 10. Eottingdean. John Harrison **for going with his 
cattell and his wayue from Telscombe to Newhaven to fetche 
beere on Whitsonmonday. " 

1612. July 7. Keymer. John Paley (?) to shew "qua auctoritate 
functus est officio pastorali." 

1612. Nov. 3. Fletchiug. James Harman ** for readynge of prayers 
in the parrish churche of Fletching in the absence of the minister 
and curate." 

1614. June 16. Alfriston. William Bagant "for that he is reputed 
to be a usurer." At the same Court several women, all of 
Alfriston, were accused of the like offence. 

1614. July 19. Wartling. Edward Kings well "for harbouring of 
women that had children begotten out of lawful wedlock, and 
suffering them to depart without penance." 

1615. Oct. 10. Ditcheninge. Henry Ford, sexton there, " for want 
of duty and diligence in his office, and for not keeping the 
church deane." 

1616. Oct. 22. Hailsham. William Fox for being "A notorious 
breaker of the ISabboth day, running matches in the tyme of 
divyne service." 

1616. Nov. 5. Cuckfield. Office of the judge promoted by John 
Patching against John Gasson and Ellis Jenner. Patching 
was the parish clerk and claimed "for clarcke's wages 9 yeares 
3 quarters behinde at 12* per annum." The respondents 
" alleged that they have from tyme to tyme payd to the clarke 
of the parish of Cuckfield predecessor to Patching ij** a quarter 
viz' eight pence a yeare for clarks wages and no more and that 
they have payd or offered to paye unto him according to that 
use and custom which hee obstinately refused to accept." 
Patching " alleged that the sayd Gasson and Jenner and their 
predecessores for these x xx xxx xl l and lx yeares last past 
tyme out of mynde for the houses and landes now in the 
occupation of the sayd Gasson and Jenner within the parishe 
of Cuckfield have used and accustomed to pay xij** yearelye 
and every yeare to the sayd Patching the dark for the tyme 
being and his predecessors as an annual somme due unto the 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OP LEWES. 59 

Clarke saving and excepting the x or ix yeares three quarters 
last past in which they have expressly refused or neglected to 
pay xij** yearlye according unto the sayd custom wherefore hee 
most humblie desireth that y* will please the Judge to admonish 
the sayd Gasson and Jeuner to paye the severall somes of 9' 9** 
for nyne yeares 3 quarters unpayd without extremitie of lawe 
whereunto the sayd Gasson and Jenner will inforce him the sayd 
Patchinge knowing him to bee an extreame poore sicke and 
very olde man and therefore by law pui'pose and intend to 
overwearye him." Gasson and Jenner were admonished to pay 
9* 9** each, and in the margin of the Act is a receipt for 
xix* vj** signed by Patching, and dated 18 Nov., 1616. It 
appears from the record of the Court, held 19 Nov., 1616, that 
Patching sued Nathaniel Hussey, gent., "for clarkes wages 
for 4 yeares." The Rev. Canon Cooper has kindly informed 
the writer that in the Parish Book of Cuckfield is this 
memorandum, under the date 21 Nov., 1701 : " We the minister 
and Churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Cuckfield 
and other inhabitants of the same have agreed that £5 be paid 
yearly to Edward Stammer out of the churchwardens and 
overseers book for executing the office of clerk of the said 
parish instead of the old accustomed manner by Book and 
from house to house." (Signed) Eobert Middleton, vicar, &c. 

1616. Dec. 17. Wartling. John Maynard "for that A part of the 
churchyard which was taken into the Court Lodge ffarme by 
Bichard Maynard deceased ys still ympaled, and so kept by 
his Sonne John Maynard who still useth the ffarme." 

1617. Nov. 4. Eye. The wife of Edward Jones, senior, and the 
wife of Edward Jones, junior, each **for a common skold." 

1618. July 28. Cowfold. John A Wood **for being a common 
blasphemer, and an ordinary drunkard ; " and Sidrach Mathew 
for being "a notorious drunkard, and a vile blasphemer." 

1618. Aug. 11. Eye. Thomas Warren, cler., curate of Eye, **for 
admitting and suffering one M"" Hubbard, a stranger not shew- 
ing any sufficient authority in that behalf, to preache foure or 
five tymes in the church there, contrary to the constitutions in 
that case made and provided." Mr. Hubbard had been cited 
to the same Court *'for that he hath preached diverse tymes, 
and held private conventicles, in the private houses of M"^ John 
Pilcher and M"" Joseph Benbricke in Eye." 

1620. May 30. Portslade. Henry Savage for calling Edward Blaker, 
then churchwarden, " a forsworne knave for presenting him for 
drawinge sheepe on a sabboth day." 

1620. May 30. Preston. Eichard Scrase, of [West] Blatchington, 
gent., farmer of the rectory of Preston, "for not repayreing 
the seeling and glasing the windowes of the chancell of 
Preston." 



60 NOTES FROM THE ACT BOOKS OP 

1621. May 29. Rye. Thomas Warren, cler., curate there, "for the 
administering the sacrament to many sitting and not kneeling." * 

1621. June 26. Meeching. Richard Tuppen, churchwarden, com- 
plained that "the wyne is brought to the communion Table in 
a bottle ; they have no table of marriage ; and the churchyard 
is not sufficiently fenced." 

1623. April 29. East Grinstead. John Harman "for that he hath 
gotten into his possession three keyes of the church dores, and 
denieth to deliver the same or any of them unto the church- 
wardens, by means whereof they are kept out of the churche 
when they have business there." 

1623. Dec. 9. Laughton. John Abington "for killing of a porker 
upon JSonday the seventh of Sept' which he sold the next day 
at Selmeston fayre." 

162 J. March 16. Pevensey. Stephen Weekes " for carrying of iron 
to a Bote uppon the sabboth day." 

162 J. March 16. Rye. Thomas Warren, cler., "for that he did in 
a forcible manner keepe Mr. James Whitaker, who is appointed 
o' curate by Mr. Bryan Twyne b' vicar, out of the pulpit when 
hee w^s going to preache a funorall sermon the xxi"* of 
ff ebruary last past ; And for assembling with many others in a 
mutinous disordered manner the xxii of ffebruary being the 
sabboth day in the church, and keeping Mr. James Whitaker 
o' minister out of his seat by a forcible manner from going to 
read divine service and preaching the word of God." On the 
same Court day Thomas Ensing, gent., John Palmer, gent., 
John Benbrick, gent., Alan Cribbell, gent., and nine others 
were similarly charged and several persons were accused of 
violence and indecent speeches toward Mr. Whitaker, one 
named John Whitehead being further cited "for saying that 
Mr. Whitaker preached false doctrine." These riotous 
proceedings seem to have originated in the opposition offered 
by Whitaker, the curate, to Warren, who had been appointed 
Lecturer some six years previously. {Hist. MSS. Comm., 
Vol. XIII., Pt. 4, p. 162.) In March, 1624, the Mayor and Jurats 
of Rye wrote to Lord Zouche, the Lord Warden of the Cinque 
Ports, that "wee have had of late much controversie and 
devision between those that take Mr. Warren's parte, and 
others that are for Mr. Whitacre, to the great disturbance and 
discredit of our towne." {Ibid,, p. 170.)*^ 

1624. May 11. Chalvington. Elizabeth Collins "for washing 
clothes upon Easter day." 

*> On 16th Nov., 1631, the minister of Sudbury, co. Suff., by petition in the 
Star Chamber, alleged that various persons in that parish made riots because ** he 
would not suffer them to receive the Sacrament sitting.** Cases in the Star 
Chamber, &c., p. 72 (Camd. Soc.). See also post the injunctions by Sir Nathaniel 
Brent. 

^ As to lecturers and their comparative independence of ecclesiastical control 
see Gardiner's Personal Government of Chas. I., Vol. I., p. 162, and Vol. II., 
p. 7. For Bryan Twyne, the Vicar, 1613-1642, see S.A.C., Vol. XIII., p. 274. 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 61 

1624. May 11. Warbleton. Henry Elliott "for unreasonable 
ringing, excessive drinking, and brutish abusing of the church 
in most beastly manner." 

162^. March 1. Beddingham. Thomas Guilderedge and Dorothy, 
his wife, and others " for being recusants.'* 

1625. Nov. 22. Barcombe. Elizabeth Dobell **for not paying to 
the clerke his wages, being v* in arrearages, unto him at 4* the 
year for ffifteene yeares last part." 

162 J. Jan. 17. Crawley. Thomas Bide, the rector, " for not preach- 
ing nor reading any monthly sermon, no not a sermon in the 
whole yeare ; for giving himself to base and servile labour ; 
neither is his apparell grave decent or comely; hee weareth 
no surplice in tyme of divine service or ministering the 
sacraments hee catechizeth not at all ; his houses are in decaye, 
the chancell untyled and is much decayed and in tyme will 
come to utter ruine." From less comprehensive charges made 
against him at the Court held 9 Nov., 1619, it appears that 
the houses referred to were **the parsonage and chappell 
houses." His wife was cited at the Court held 1 Feb., 16^, 
for grossly misconducting herself, which may perhaps account 
for his slovenly habits.^ 

1628. Nov. 11. [East] Blatchington. John Willett '* for his 
irreverent behaviour in the church as sitting with his hat on 
his head in tyme of divine service ; As also for his rude and 
disorderly behaviour as throwing of stones at others that sit in 
the chancell in tyme of divine service and sermon to the 
disturbing of the minister and the rest of the congregation ; 
As also for fighting in the churchyard, and for a very negligent 
comer to the Church on the Sabboth day." 

162f . Feb. 10. Laughton. Francis Blackstone " for using com- 
monly to come to churche very late to divine service on the 
sabboth day ; And for that on XXmas {sic) day last hee was 
standing under the chancell wall in the churchyard swearing 
by the name of God and the lord's wounds whilst the com- 
munion was administered." 

162f. March 24. Slaugham. Lambert Comber "for beating his 
wife on the 29 of June last, being sabbath day, in tyme of 
divine service." He married Annis Ilman, 29 Dea, 1620. 

1629. May 5. Berwick. David Foster "for laboring himself, and 
setting to labor his two yoke of oxen and foure servants, uppon 
the Annunciation of the blessed virgin Mary commonly called 
o' lady day." 

1629. May 19. Chittingly. Eichard Thunder and Thomas Elphick 
for saying "they would buyld a Chappell, and thatch it with 
broome, and have the olde pulpitt and set him up, and have 

^ Thomas Bide was ordained deacon by Thomas Bickley, Bishop of Chichester, 
9ih Oct., 1586, and priest by the same Ist Oct., 1587 ; was instituted to Crawley 
10th Oct., 1599, on the presentation of John Shurlej, Esq., and inducted 22nd 
Oct., 1599. (Visitation Book, sub anno 1610.) 



62 NOTES FROM THE ACT BOOKS OF 

a journeyman priest to serve in the same." From a stray 
sheet of the Act Books, which has been bound up with those 
for South Mailing Deanery, it appears that at the Court held 
14 July, 1629, Eichard Thunder admitted having said "that 
if old Mr. ffrenche would not make a bridge to come over to 
churche, they would have the old pullpitt set at such an oake, 
and cover it with broome, and that hee should preach there." 

1629. Oct. 13. Eye. Abiezer Herbert, cler., curate there, "for that 
he doth in his collations impugn the ceremonies of the Church ; 
and doth not constantly weare the vestments as they are 
injoyned by the book of common prayer; and for marrying of 
people at unlawfull times." 

1633. Sept. 24. Horsted Keynes. William Field, the churchwarden, 
to repair " the one bell that was lately broken." One of the 
beUs there in 1864 bore the date 1633. {S.A.G.y Vol. XVI., 
p. 213.) 

1633. Nov. 19. Falmer. Thomas Verrall, farmer of the rectory, 
ordered to repair the chancel which is " ruinated." 

1634. Sept. 6. East Dean. Clement Greenwood **for professing 
chirurgery whether licensed or not " unknown. 

1634. Oct. il. Wivelsfield. Elizabeth Godman "for pulling downe 
the May boughes, in a rude scornfull manner, which were 
brought into the churche to adorn it." 

1634. Nov. 4. [East] Blatchington. Nicholas Pope, cler., the rector, 
"for not walking the perambulations."*** 

1636. April 5. [West] Blatchington. Henry Scrase, churchwarden, 
in respect of the presentment that " our churchyard is not well 
fenced, nor hath bin Tyme out of mynde, because it hath not 
been used for a buryall place." 

1636. April 5. Lewes. St. John's-sub-Castro. Eobert ffell "for 
baking in the tyme of Sermon on the sabboth day in the after- 
noone, and having William ffarly and George Campion tipling 
with him." 

1636. May 17. Selmeston. William Eeade and Thomas Gower, 
churchwardens, accused by Master Henry Eogers, the vicar, 
for that " the fences of the churchyard are so ill kept that hogs 
doe much annoy it ; and for not allowing new karies (?) to the 
clarke for the bells, whereby sometimes they cannot have 
ringing when it ought to be had." . 

1636. June 25. Slaugham. John Naylor "for hunting of conies 
uppon a Sonday." He confessed that "hee did hunt conies 
uppon the Sonday; but was at both morning and evening 
prayers the same day." 

1636. June 25. Playden. Matthew Carnley " for the not paying of 
our Clarke's wages." 

» For N. Pope see S.A.C, Vol. XXX., p. 119. On 7th March, 1638, he as a 
witness described himself as having been about five years at Blatchington, bom 
at Buxted and aged 45 (Deposition Books). 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 63 

1636. June 25. Eye. Joseph Benbricke **for not bowing at the 
name of Jesus when the gospell is reading." 

1636. July 18. Wivelsfield. At a Special Court in the cause of the 
office of the judge against Thomas More [of More House], 
Thomas More appeared personally, and confessed, "That 
about Easter in the yeare of our Lord 1635, himself and diverse 
otheres parishioners of Wivelsfield aforesayd, being met and 
assembled together in the chancell of the churche there to 
examine the accounts of the Eeceipts and Disbursements had 
and made by the then churchwardens and overseers of the 
poore of the sayd parishe, after some debating of the sayd 
Business, hee sitting in a window in the chancell aforesayd did 
rashly and unadvisedly take Tobacco there," and he submitting 
himself the commissary (William NeviU, LL.D.) accepted the 
aforesaid confession, and assigned to him that he should acknow- 
ledge his fault so perpetrated before the minister of the church 
of Wivelsfield on the Sunday next to come, immediately after 
evening prayers, in the chancel juxta schedulam, and to certify 
at the next Court. At the Court on 26 July, 1636, Thomas 
More produced a certificate signed by John Lichfield, cler., 
the minister, that he had done what was assigned, and he was 
absolved. 

1636. Dec. 23. John Pick ward, alias Pickwater, late of Crawley, 
now of Chittingly, charged through the churchwardens of 
Fletching ** for marrying William Wales and Christian Moore 
widdow at a private house." 

1637. Aug. 1. Lewes, St. Michael's. Office of Judge against Abel 
Bodle, aquaebajulus of the parish. He appeared and was 
asked by the Judge ** By whom or by whose appointment the 
communion Table was removed and altered since the last Court 
day, it being then set by Doctor Nevill North and South, and 
now standing East and West." He answered "That on 
Satterday the xxvj**" of July last past, about seven of the clock 
at night, John Parmely one of the churchwardens of the sayd 
parrishe came to him and demanded the Key of the Church 
Dore which he thereuppon delivered unto him, And he went 
forthwith from him with the sayd key unto the church. And 
did charge this respondent that when he came the next morning 
into the church whatsoever he sawe there hee should not 
meddle to alter anything in the church, And afterwards the 
same evening the sayd Parmely sent the key unto this 
respondent by his apprentice, whose name hee know eth not, 
And hee sayth further. That the next morning being Sonday, 
when he came into the church aforesayd, he found and sawe the 
communion Table, which Doctor Neville had the last Court day 
viz.* the xix*** of July with his own hands placed in the East 
end of the chancell north and south, removed and set from the 
wall East and West as now it standeth." 

Archbishop Laud, in 1634, revived the exercise of the pre- 
Reformation power of Metropolitical Visitations {Hist, mSS» 



64 NOTES FROM THE ACT BOOKS OF 

Comm.j Vol. IV., p. 124, et seq.)^ and it was probably in 
connection with these that at the Visitation held 3 July, 1 635, 
in the Church of St. Thomas-in-the-Cliffe, Sir Nathaniel Brent, 
LL.D., who was Laud's Vicar-General and a member of the 
Court of High Commission, declared and injoined as commissary, 
"that henceforth the communion table in every parrish church 
shal be decently placed at the upper end of the chancell, and 
shall stand north and south, And that it shall be rayled in with a 
decent Rayle to keep off dogs and to free it from other pollu- 
tions. And he willed all Churchwardens to looke upon the rayle 
which incompassed the communion table in the sayd church of 
St. Thomas in the Cliffe, where thej' were, and to take that for 
their pattern, telling them that it was very comely and decent."** 
He also ordered that all clerics should, ** when they go from their 
houses abroad alwaies wear canonicall habits commonly called 
priests* coats, viz' coats made with sleeves like unto a Gowne," 
and, among other things, that the communion was not to be 
administered ** except to those who kneel." 

1637. Nov. 7. Catsfield. John Henry and Edward Gastrott **for 
plajing at Scailes uppon a Sonday in tyme of divine service." 
Scailes was a game like ninepins.^ 

163|. Feb. 8. Wivelsfield. Bridget Barret ** for thrusting of pinnes 
in the wife of John Dumbrell in the church in tyme of divine 
service, and for other irreverent behaviour." At the next 
Court on 10 March, 163^, she admitted **that shee did thrust 
A pinne into the wife of John Dumbrell by reason shee sate 
downe in her lap." 

1638. Oct. 9. Portslade. John Bryant, cler., "ad docendum qua 
auctoritate Verbum Dei predicat." 

1639. June 19. Mountfield. John Hinson, curate there, " for 
receaving Thomas Sheather and Catherine herst the wife of 
William most notorious offenders unto the holy communion ; 
for not catechizing the youth halfe an houre before evening 
prayer according to the 59 canon ; Also for sending for the 
bread from the communion table to an ale house and cutting 
it up there." In answer to the last accusation Mr. Hinson 
stated that he had got wet through whilst walking from Battell 
to Mountfield and dried himself at an ale house, when he sent 
for the bread from the communion table, and prepared it at 
the ale house whilst his clothes were drying. 

1639. July 10. Arlington. Ealph Brooke "for wearing a great 
payre of homes uppon his head in the churchyard when henry 
hall and his wife were going to be marryed, shewing thereby 
that the sayd hall was Ijke to be a cuckold." From another 
entry it seems that there was reasonable ground for the 
surmise. 

** See Surrey Arch, Coll., Vol. VI., xiv., and Oardiner^s Personal Oovernment, 
Vol. II., p. 13, et seq., and p. 214. 
2» Halliwell's Diet., sub voce Skales. Stnitt's Sports, p. 238, sub voce Kayles. 



THE ARCHDEACONRY COURT OF LEWES. 65 

1639. Dec. 4. Seddlescombe. Anna Clarke, widow, " for calling 
Gathole*8 daughter Beggar's Bratt in the church, and for living 
contentiously and maliciously with her neighbours." 

1640. Sept. 23. Portslade. John Bishop "for keeping his hoggs in 
the churchyard." 

164 J. March 3. Dallington. Zachariah Tuttesham, cler., the vicar, 
** is a fither and a qaarreller, and did beate the wife of Eichard 
Agaat and Dorothy Stockden ; frequenteth ale houses, whereby 
it is a scandall to his profession; And hee hath bin absent 
from his parrishe nyne or tenn weeks and provided noe curate ; 
he of his own head at the lower end of y® church hath built a 
seate for women to bee churched in and keepeth the door lockt," 
and then follows a charge of immorality. At the visitation 
held 15 Sept., 1631, his curate at Dallington, named Gods- 
blessing Bell, was suspended from all clerical office.^ 

The last Court before the Restoration of which there 
is a record extant was held 21 July, 1641. 

^ For the Rev. Z. Tuttesham see S.A.C, Vol. XXXVI., p. 149. 



XLIX. 



THE CLUNIAC PEIOEY OF ST. PANGEAS 
AT LEWES. 



By W. H. ST. JOHN HOPE, M.A. 



At the meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at 
Lewes in August, 1883, I had the honour of reading a 
paper on the architectural history of the Cluniac Priory 
of St. Pancras at Lewes, with special reference to certain 
excavations that had lately been made upon the site by 
Mr. Somers Clarke and myself. 

The excavations in question were confined to the 
sub-vaults and other remains of the great dorter range 
on the east side of the cloister; and in the account of 
them, which was eventually printed in The Archceological 
Journal^ and in Sussex Archceological Collections j^ I had 
occasion to point out that there still remained to be 
investigated the site of the monks' infirmary in the field 
to the east of our late excavations. 

The desirability of continuing the excavations in this 
direction has been several times considered, but from 
one cause or another it has always been postponed. In 
the summer of 1900, however, through the energy of 
Mr. H. Michell Whitley, then Honorary Secretary of the 
Sussex Archaeological Society, all difficulties were over- 
come, and by the consent of Mr. E. B. Blaker, the 
owner, and Mr. F. Gr. Courthope, the tenant, with the 
aid of a fund raised by the Society, the long-looked-for 
exploration was begun. After some weeks' work the 
remains of a large twelfth century chapel, of most 
unusual plan, were unearthed, and in the following year 
completely explored. During the few days between 
30th December, 1901, and 3rd January, 1902, the 
foundations of a great hall and other buildings south 

1 Vol. XLI. 1-34. a Vol. XXXIV. 71-106. 



THE CLUNIAC PEIOEY OF ST. PANGEAS AT LEWES, 67 



of the chapel were uncovered by Mr. Harold Brakspear 

and niyselfj thus completing the whole of the infirmary 
plan. Further investigations were made by Mr. Whitley 
with satisfactory results in the spring of 1903, and 
eventually the chapel was levelled and turfed and laid 
open permanently. The entire group presents so many 
points of interest that no apology is needed for submitting 
an account of them to the Society, 

The monastic infirmaries in this countryj like the 
houses for the accommodation of guests, were purely 
domestic buildingSj and therefore followed more or less 
closely in plan and arrangement the ordinary dwelling- 
house of the period. In the larger monasteries the 
infirmary took the form of such a great hall as may 
have formed the house of a Saxon thane^ or the quarters 
of a Castle guard, or the hall of a King's palacOj like the 
great hall o£ William Rufus at Westminster, but as 
befitted an adjunct to a house of religion it differed from 
these in having attached to it a chapel. 

We find accordingly at Chris tchurch, Canterburyj 
at Gloucester, Ely, Peterborough, Fountains and else- 
where, a great hall divided by pillars into a nave and 
aisles like the body of a church, with a chapel opening out 
of it on the east. The addition of a kitchen and other 
necessary offices made the building complete in itself. 

As these infirmaries were not only for the sick and 
infirm, but also for the temporary lodging of the minuii^ 
or those who had been blooded, and for any other of tho 
brethren who were released from strict observance of the 
Rule, the great halls were none too large when the 
monastic fervour was at its height. Moreover, since 
most of the inmates lived a common life, these halls were 
used in a similar manner to the domestic halls from which 
they were copied ; that in, the hall itself served for 
exercise and for meals, and had a tire in the middle in 
cold weather, while the beds were laid along the aisles 
against the walls. In later days the aisles were fitted 
with cubicles, and finally became converted into sets of 
chambers, but the hall continued its original use more or 
less to the end, 

J- 2 



68 THE CfLUNUC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

In the lesser monasteries the roominess of the hall 
type of infirmary was not needed, and a building on the 
Imes of an ordinary manor house, of which a chapel 
also formed part, served all purposes. 

Now the Priory of Lewes, at its first founding, was 
but a small thing; there was accordingly no need to 
build for the monks an infirmary of any size. Where it 
stood or what it was like we do not know, and not 
improbably it was a temporary structure largely built of 
timber. 

Towards the middle of the twelfth century the build- 
ings at Lewes underwent extensive enlargement, an 
eastern transept, with an apse and chevet of five chapels, 
being added to the church, which was also lengthened 
westwards, while the dorter range was increased to nearly 
twice its original length and breadth. (See Plan, Plate 

These changes point to a considerable addition in the 
number of inmates, for whom the first infirmary must 
have afforded too little room. At the same time, there- 
fore, that the dorter was extended eastwards and south- 
wards a new and enlarged infirmary was built on the 
level plateau east of it, and they are the remains of this 
that have lately been uncovered and planned. 

The new infirmary consisted of two separate blocks, a 
chapel to the north and a great hall, etc. to the south. 
(See Plan, Plate VI.) The two buildings are not quite 
parallel, the axis of the chapel being deflected 9° north of 
that of the hall. 

The chapel itself is a very remarkable structure, both 
for its unusual plan and the massive manner in which it 
was built. It consisted of a nave, 29-ft. wide and 68^-ft. 
long, with north and south doorways and probably a 
principal entrance on the west, but the wall here has been 
completely destroyed. The eastern end of the nave 
opened directly into a transept or cross alley, 50-ft. 10-in. 
long from north to south, but only 9-ft. wide, with a 
square chancel and two semi-circular apses on the east, 
separated from the transept by an arcade of three wide 
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corbels in the north and south walk^ since there are no 
responds. 

The chancel was 16i-ft wide and 18-ft, long, and had 
two square lockers in tlie north wall and another in the 
south. There was a step at the entrance, and the altar 
stood upon a platform 10-ft, long and Sf t broad, a little in 
advance of the east wall The shafts in the eastern angles 
show that the chancel was vaulted. ( Plato III.) From the 
fragments found it is evident that the original east window 
had been replaced by a larger of several lights^ and about 
ll*ft. widcj in the fifteenth century,® The apses were 
13-£t, wdde and ll|-ft, deep. Each had two steps within 
the entrance arch and a large locker in the wall under the 
arch, and contained an altar. That in the southern apse 
has gone, but the noi'thern altar, though it has lost its 
coveriug slab, is fairly perfect, and consists of a block of 
masonry 5 -ft. long and 2 J-ft, wide, with chamfered plinth j 
standing quite free from the apse wall. Each apse had 
an eastern window and was, no donbtj covered by a domed 
vault. The transept has on the west side of its south 
end a circular stair or vice to the upper works, and in its 
south wall a saiall doorway frora without. It also probably 
had a window in each gable and was vaulted. There 
cannot, too, be any reasonable doubt, from the great 
thickness of its side walls, that the nave was also vaulted. 
The chapter-house at Durham, builtj or at any rate 
finished, by Bishop Geoffrey { 1 1 33-40), has a span of 34^-ft. 
and had a groined vault with transverse arches and 
diagonal ribs. The Norman chapter-house of Reading 
Abbey, on the other hand, with a span of 42-ft., was 
covei^ed with a barrel vault, divided into bays by trans- 
verse arches. The buttresses at Lewes show that the 
vault was divided into three bays, but whether it was a 
barrel or a groined vault there is nothing to tell. 

The massive character of the building is well shown 
by the thickness of its walls, that of the chancel and 
transept being between 4 and 5-ft. and of the sides of 

* Despite tlie maeaive construction of the building it is clear, from tlie added 
buttreeee:^ north and ^outh of the eaet front, that the insertion of this l&rgcr ea^t 
window had fieriouslj weakened tlie waU. 



to THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

the nave over 7-ft. The walls are strongly built of 
concrete, largely composed of flints and chalk, faced 
throughout with Caen stone. (Plates III. and IV.) 

In the ruined condition of the building there is 
nothing to show how it was arranged, and I shall 
presently have to revert to the manner in which it was 
destroyed. 

As regards its remarkable plan the Lewes infirmary 
chapel at present stands alone in this country, no other 
building at all resembling it having so far been noticed. 

The infirmary hall at Lewes was about 50-f t. from the 
chapel and stood nearly due east and west. It has been 
so completely destroyed that little else than its founda- 
tion is left. The hall was 145-ft. long, with a total 
width of 63^-ft., and was divided by a double row of pillars 
into a hall proper, with north and south alleys. The 
building was divided lengthwise into five bays of about 
29-f t. from centre to centre, but the westernmost bay 
was walled off from the rest of the hall to form a kind 
of vestibule, or it may even have been an open court. 
The divisions of the remaining bays are marked by 
strong rubble foundations, 9-ft. long from east to west 
and from 7j-ft. to 8-ft. broad. These are far too large 
for the biggest conceivable wooden posts, and they must 
therefore have carried composite piers for a stone arcade. 
Even then the span of the arches must have been at 
least 22-ft. The builders of Lewes Priory did not, 
however, hesitate to do big things. We have already 
seen that they spanned the infirmary chapel with a vault 
of 29-ft., and in the added dorter sub- vault the middle 
compartment had a groined vault 22-ft. wide and of 
27j-ft. span. At the west end of the infirmary hall the 
abutment of the arcade was probably taken by a fifth 
arch, while at the east end the thrust was met by the 
massive walls of a series of chambers there. Owing to 
the wholesale clearance of the site not a stone is left to 
give any clue to the nature or design of pillar, arch or 
superstructure. There was apparently an entrance 
from the vestibule on the west, and another towards the 
north-east, opposite the doorway in the transept of the 



CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 71 



clmpel. The quadrant-sliaped projections in the corners 
of the nortli alley seem to have boeo the bases of later 
fireplaces J and that to the west has in front of it a bed of 
tiles laid on edge, hearth fashion. No tmee was found 
of a hearth in the taiddle of the hall, A rough founda- 
tion across the south alley from the second pillar probably 
belongs to a later sub-division. 

At the east end of the hall there seem to have been 
three chambers of unequal sizes. The northernmost was 
about 31-ft. long and 15^-ft, wide, but originally formed 
two smaller chamberSj separated by a massive cross wall. 
The middle diWsion measured originally 24-ft iu width 
and was 38-ft. long, with a wall 8-ft. thick bounding it 
on the east. In later days it seems to have been reduced 
to only half its former length. The southernmost chamber 
was 14-ft, wide and 27-ft. long, with a wall 8-ft. 5-in- 
thick on the east. Both this and the other massive wall 
in line with it may have contained fireplaces^ belonging 
to a kitchen or kitchens. The southernmost chamber 
had beyond it to the south another of at least equal sizOj 
which from it being traversed by the drain of the first 
rere-dorter probably served as the domiis necessaria of 
the infirmary. 

In the thirteenth century extensive changes were made 
at this end of the block. The three great chambers 
seem to have been taken down and their areas thrown 
into a large space of the full width of the hall and 
extending eastwards from it for 95-ft, A good deal of 
the wall wherewith this was enclosed is still standing. 
There are traces of a building against the south side^ and 
in the east wall^ towards the north, is a cupboard ; but 
to what use J other than a garden , this new enclosure was 
put it m difficult to say* Outside it on the south , and 
reached from it by a descending flight of steps, was a 
vaulted cellar of the same date, of two bays, abutting 
westwards on the domiis necessaHa. Both ou this side, 
at the south-east cornerj and on the east side the enclosing 
wall has curiously rounded rubble buttresses. In the 
north side near its east end is a doorway that led into a 
contemporary room of uncertain lengtli. Only j)art of 



72 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCORAS AT LEWES. 

the foundation of its west side is left, with a few stones 
of the jamb of a door going west, and the lower hook 
for the door itself. Whatever the building was it was 
replaced in the fifteenth century by another about 20-ft. 
wide and 36-ft. long, of equally uncertain use. Outside 
the western end of the thirteenth century enclosing wall, 
at its juncture with the hall, was a contemporary 
chamber, measuring 17-ft. by 15-ft., with entrances in 
both its west and north sides. The east wall, which has 
been continued northwards for some distance, has a wide 
opening leading into another chamber of later date. 
This was 15^-ft. wide and 37-ft. long and had a large 
fireplace on the north. The position of this somewhat 
to the west suggests that the room was sub-divided, and 
not improbably it and the ante-room or checker westward 
formed the camera or lodging of the infirmarer. From 
this camera there seems to have extended westwards 
along the whole length of the hall a covered alley or 
pentise, no doubt with branches to the two south door- 
ways of the chapel. At some late date, probably in the 
fifteenth century, this arrangement was altered by build- 
ing a wall across the interval between chapel and hall 
from between the two doorways ; another wall was also 
built from the flying buttress at the east end of the 
chapel to the corner of the infirmarer's checker. There are 
fragments of other walls, apparently of much the same 
date, to the west of the chapel, but it is difficult to connect 
them. They clearly, however, belong to a pentise or 
gallery extending northwards from the great hall, past 
the front of the chapel, to a passage beyond leading into 
the church, and there was also a branch gallery extend- 
ing westwards directly towards the cloister. 

The arrangements of the dorter, frater and other of 
the monastic buildings have been so fully dealt with in 
my former paper that I need only here refer to one 
recent discovery in connection with them. 

To the north of the site of the frater, in the garden 
now occupied by Mr. Courthope, is the small under- 
ground vaulted chamber, entered originally by a passage 
from the frater sub-vault, over which stood the cloister 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANGEAS AT LEWES. 73 

conduit and lavatory. Mr. Brakspear was so fortunate 
the other day as to find part of the foundation of its 
enclosing wall, showing that the building was circular 
and 19-ft. in diameter within. At the sister house of 
Wenlock, Salop, there are in the same position, project- 
ing into the cloister garth opposite the frater door, the 
remains of a similar conduit, but octagonal instead of 
round, and 20-ft. in width. The arrangements of such 
conduits, and a note of examples at Durham and else- 
where, formed the subject of a communication to the 
Society of Antiquaries by Dr. Fowler and myself in 
June, 1903.* 

It is now time to revert to the question of the 
demolition of the infirmary chapel. The story of the 
destruction of Lewes Priory has never yet been fully 
told. It appears from a letter dated 4th November, 
1537, from the Duke of Norfolk to Crumwell, that some 
arrangement had been made between them as to the 
partition of the lands of Lewes Priory and of its cell at 
Castleacre, provided they could obtain the grant of 
them. Norfolk accordingly tells Crumwell, as the result 
of an interview he had had with the King : 

After that I thanked him for being content to give us Lewes, if we 
might conclude a bargain, rehearsing of your service to him, as I 
told you in your garden, and saying I was content you should have 
two parts. He said, ** as ye shewed unto me," he thought it well 
bestowed.* 

Some secret arrangement had also apparently been 
made with the Prior of Lewes, for in a letter of 12th 
November, 1537, Henry Foisted writes to Crumwell : 

The Prior affirmed that the Duke of Norfolk promised him to have 
all the goods and one-half of the debts of the monastery.® 

On the 16th November the Priory was formally 
surrendered by Robert the prior and the convent, and on 
the same day pensions were assigned to the subprior and 
22 other monks."^ The complaisant prior was seemingly 
otherwise provided for. 

* See Archceologia, LVIII. 437-460. 

* Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII., XII. ii. No. 1030. 
« Ibid, No. 1052. 

7 Ibid, No. 1101. Close Roll, 29 Henry Vin. part i. m. 9. 



74 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

On 1st December a partition was made between Thomas, 
Duke of Norfolk, and Thomas, Lord Crumwell, of the 
lands of the late Priories of Lewes and Castleacre,® and 
by letters patent dated 22nd December, the Priory of 
Castleacre, with all its Norfolk manors, was duly granted 
to the Duke.^ For some reason it was not until the 
following 16th February, 1537-8, that the monastery of 
Lewes and all its possessions, except those in Norfolk, 
were formally granted to Thomas, Lord Crumwell, 
Keeper of the Privy Seal.^® 

Among Crum well's " Remembrances," which are, 
unfortunately, not dated, are the following : 

(i.) To set order for making ready of Lewes and to have a book 

made of the stuff that shall go thither, 
(ii.) To send to Williamson to prepare and provide carriage for the 
stuff for Lewse.^^ 

It is clear from these memoranda that Crumwell 

intended converting some part of the monastic buildings 

into a residence for himself, and on 5th March John 

Husee, writing to Lord Lisle, says : 

Mr. Foisted goes into Sussex to dissolve my Lord's house at Lewes, 
and will be away 14 days.^* 

Preparations in view of this ^' dissolucion," for which 

we may, I think, read '^ destruction," had already been 

made, as may be seen from certain payments entered 

among Crumwell's accounts for 1 537-8/* 

f. 123.] gyven to the The xiij of January g3rven to him ) -, 

Italyonthat by Mr Rychardf hand^ J ®* 

went to Lewes 
payed for the The same day delyvered to Phillip 

costf of the Hoby for the costf of the saide [ xl s. 
same Italyon latalyon [sic] to Lewes and agayn 
John Williamson The xiiij'** of the same moneth 
[February] delyvered to hym for 
the byldyng(> at Lewes 

8 Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII., 
XII. ii. No. 1154. 
.9 Ibid, -So. 1311 (30). 

10 In Crumwell's accounts, under date 3rd December, 1537, is a payment of 
£164. 19s. 4d. to the Duke of Norfolk, through Vincent Mundy, in full discharge 
of certain reckonings concerning the late Priory of Lewes. 

11 Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII., 
XII. ii. No. 1151. 

la IHd. XIII. i. No. 421. 

18 P.R.O. Exch. Treasury of Receipt. Miscellaneous Book, 256. 



XX li. 



vj li. 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 75 

These items are followed by others referring to the 
matter in hand. 

f. 123.] Mr Gregory The xj of Marche del3rvered to hym ' 
by my Lordf commandement at 
his going to Lewes 
The same daye payed to Portynary ' 
& other ItaJyons for their charge 
to Lewes & for suche necessaries 
as they must occupye there 
Blounte & Lytton The same day gyven to them at their ) ^ 
goynge to Lewes with Mr Gregory j 
• 

The Mr. Gregory here mentioned was CrumwelPs son 
and heir, who was evidently sent down to Lewes to take 
possession of his father's latest acquisition. 

With regard to Portinari there has long been known 
to antiquaries a letter purporting to have been written 
by him to Crumwell, giving a description and measure- 
ments of the church of Lewes Priory and an account 
of the way in which it was destroyed. This document, 
the original of which is in the British Museum,^* has 
many times been printed. It is, however, in the hand- 
writing, not of Portinari, but of Richard Moryson, one 
of CrumwelPs agents, and is, moreover, written in 
English. 

I have only lately discovered that this well-known 
epistle is merely a translation, for what reason made is not 
apparent, of a holograph letter in Italian from Giovanni 
Portinari to Crumwell, which, with a hitherto unknown 
earlier letter referred to in it, is preserved in the Public 
Record Office.'' 

Of the writer, Giovanni Portinari, very little is known. 
Letters of Denization, in which he is described as ^^from 
parts of Italy," were issued to him on 14th February, 
1536-7.'^ He was in CrumwelPs service early in 1537, 
when he is mentioned in his lord's accounts as riding on 
his business, etc. and he was probably selected to 
supervise the destruction of the great church at Lewes 

1* Cott. MS. Cleopatra E. iv, 232. 

" Letters and Papers, Henry VIII. Vol. XIII. i. Nos. 554, 590. 

^ Patent KoU, 28 Henry VIII. pt. 5, m. 13. 



76 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

on account of the work being carried out by Italians, 
whom he was able to direct. He is mentioned late in 
1538 in a list of CrumwelPs gentlemen who were '' mete 
to bo preferred unto the King's Majesty's service," ^"^ and 
in the following year he was made one of the King's new 
bodj^-guard.^® 

The two letters written by Portinari, which I have 
myself transcribed, are both of unusual interest. The 
first contains sundry bits of information that are new to 
us, while a comparison of the second with Moryson's 
translation shows that his version is but a paraphrase of 
the original, and that he has left out several items of 
importance. 

No apology is therefore needed for laying the letters 
before you. As, however, they are somewhat difficult 
to follow, owing to their discursive style and the way in 
which the writer runs his words together, I here give, 
beside the original text, a translation, for which I have 
to thank my friend Mr. George E. Fox, F.S.A. 

The first letter was written from Lewes on 20th 
March, 1537-8, and is in the following terms: 

f . 94.] lUustrissime S? a vra . s . umilmente miracomando questa prex'* 
p dir a . V . s. Come qui arivammo et abiamo visto lachieza laquale 
abiamo trovato daltra sorte non sipensaua cioe ingrandezza lungezza 
egrosezza inlaquale cie da far assai tamen Colaiuto diddio non f acciamo 
dubbio alchuno 9h.e tutto sitirera atterra quando fussi dua volte altanto / 
eprima p ciertifichar . v . s . laqualita Deldetto sito si he lalungezza verge 
140 sono piedi 420 elalargezza alien trare dentro sihe verge 23 eumezzo 
piede sono piedi 69^ elalargezza nelmezzo cioe nel corpo della detta 
chiesa sihe verge 50 sono piedi . 150 ., laltezza sihe verge 21 sono piedi 
63 / indetta chiesa sono pilastri . 1 6 . p banda sono intt° pilastri . 32 . 
infraquali . ciene octto principali elagrosezza diciascuno sono . piedi . 14 . 
erestanti chesono pilastri . 24 . sono piedi . 10 . grossi ciascuno Lafacciata 
davanti lagrossezza Delmuro sihe piedi . 10 . epiedi . 10 . He la grosezza 
delmuro del campanile quale he posto suruno Canto della chiesa 
Dalla facciata davanti chesiregge sopra quatro pilastri equali sono la 
grosezza diciascuno piedi . 14 ./elamuralgia dalle bande didetta chiesa 
sihe piedi . 5 . grossa/eptanto avertisco la . s . v. achausa che el tutto 
in ten da Venardi mattina si comincio atagliar lamuraglia didrietto 
Dalaltar maggior Dove eposto cinque Cappelle chevanno alio intornno 
ecosi quatro Colonne chere gono una tribuna cheviene sopra detta 

17 Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII., 
XIII. pt. ii. No. 1184. 

18 Ibid. XIV. ii. No. 783. 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 77 

altar maggior etutto questo primamenti vogliamo tirar interra inelmodo 
eforma che . v . s . intendera / 

Prima sitalgia dabasso insulfondamento e sitaglia laltezza Duna 
verga eunquarto achausa cheuno homo vipossa star sotto alauorar 
esipassa dalaltra banda etagliato che he circha verge una emezo odua 
simette sotto tavole grosse dita tre datutte adua lebande evisimette 
daciascuna banda uno puntello luugo verge uno ovelcirca ecosi siva 
sequitando dimano imano tagliando epuntelando esimilmente lequatro 
Oolonne didentro che ciascuno astare sopra Dua puntegli . equando dette 
Cappelle e Colonne fieno tagliate epuntelate daquella banda vorete uadi 
erovini aterra quepuntegli daquella banda sola sabruceranno o confuoco 
oconpolver come meglio giudiceremo ecosi pensiamo rovinera aterra : 
equesto cipare elmiglior brieve epui sicuro modo chesia eciascuno 
cheavisto questo principio giudica che tutto riuscira : efra octto odieci 
^omni alpiu lungo speriamo questa parte sia interra / Dipoi si seguira 
Continuamente esperiamo Dicontentare esadisfar alia volonta Delia 
8 . V . ecosi Delseguito . v . s . siterra deltutto avertito : allaquale umilmente 
mira comando pregando iddio quella Conservi emantenga insauita e 
felice/ aliens alii xx Dimarzo 1537. 

Servidor Di.v.s. 

Giovanni Portinari 
In dorso : 

Alio Inll" Sr Sr tomaxo Cromuello 

Endorsed in another hand : 

John Portinary 
Marche xx°. 



Translation. 
Most illustrious Sir. 

I humbly commend myself to your Lordship. 

This letter is to tell your Lordship how we have arrived here and 
have seen the church, which we have found different from what was 
thought of it, that is in size, length and bigness, in which there is 
much to do. Notwithstanding, with the help of God we make no 
kind of doubt that all can be pulled down to the ground, even were it 
twice as much. 

And first to certify your Lordship of the nature of the said site. 

The length is 140 yards, that is 420 feet, and the breadth within the 
entrance is 23 yards and half a foot, that is 69^ feet, and the breadth 
in the middle, to wit in the body of the said church is 50 yards, that is 
150 feet. The height is 21 yards, that is 63 feet. 

In the said church are 16 pillars on each side, that is in all 32, 
among which are 8 principal and the thickness of each is 14 feet, and 
the remaining 24 pillars are 10 feet thick each. 

The forefront, the thickness of the wall is 10 feet, and 10 feet is the 
thickness of the wall of the steeple {del campanile), the which is set 



78 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

upon a comer of the church to the forefront that is upheld on four 
pillars which are each 14 feet thick. The wall of the sides of the said 
church is 5 feet thick. 

And therefore I advertize your Lordship that you may understand 
everything. 

On Friday morning we shall begin to cut the wall behind the high 
altar where are placed five chapels that go round about it, and so four 
columns which uphold a vault {trihuna) that is above the high altar, 
and all this we wish in the first place to level to the ground in such 
manner and" form as your Lordship will understand. 

First we shall cut away the bottom of the foundation and cut it 
away to the height of a yard and a quarter so that a man may get 
under to work and pass to the other side, which is about a yard and a 
half or two, and put beneath planks of a thickness of 3 inches from 
one side to the other and put on each side a prop a yard long or 
thereabouts ; and so one goes on, following by degrees, cutting and 
propping, and similarly the four columns within so that each can 
stand upon two props. And when the said chapels and columns have 
been cut and propped on that side and you wish to bring them to the 
ground the props on that side only will be burnt either with fire or 
with powder, as we may judge best, and so we reckon to bring 
them to the ground ; and this it appears is the best, short, and certain 
manner that may be, and everyone who has seen this beginning judges 
that all will succeed ; and it will be that in eight or ten days at longest 
we hope all will be down. 

Afterwards it will be followed continually, and we hope to content 
and satisfy the wishes of your Lordship, and so of the sequel. 

Your Lordship shall be advised of everything, to whom humbly I 
commend myself, praying God that he may preserve and maintain 
(you) in health and happiness. 

At Lewes the 20th March 1537. 

Your Lordship's servant, 

Giovanni Portinari. 

The second letter is dated the 24th of March, 1537, 
which was a Sunday, and recounts the progress made 
since Portinari's report of the preceding Wednesday : 

f. 125.J Inll°*« S" mio avra S'^ humilmente miracomando lutima 
mia che lo scripsi alia . s . v . f n alii xx stante pmano Dim<* guglielmoson : 
epdetta mia averti . v . s . Delia qualita delsito cioe Delia grandezza 
elungezza sua / esimilmente averti la . s . v . Del principio dato alavorare 
ptirar aterra eltutto : et ancora laforma emodo siteneva . et come digia 
sera cominciato / come plaltra dissi a v . s . labanda drieto alaltar 
m[a]ggior che sta sotto una tribuna chesiregge sopra quatro Colonne 
tonde . edidrieto aqueste sono cinque Cappelle che circondano Detta 
tribuna lequale Capello e tribuna circondono dif uora lamuraglia verge 
Ixx sono piedi CCx. ettotto questo Colnome diddio edibuono principio se 
tirato tutto aterra Chevenne esibutto indua volte chef u giovedi evenardi 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 79 

che fumo addi zxj® e xxij stante / edipresente tireremo abasso una 
tribuna altissima cheviene poco piu avanti delaltra laqualo siregge 
Bopra quatro grossi pilastri lagrossezza Dequali ciascuno epiedi . xiiij® 
elaciroumferenza girano intonmo piedi xxxxv. equesti sara p laseconda 
Tolta Gome Bispera indubitatamente ediquanto sequira Deltutto . y . s . 
ara notitia // eacbausa cbe . v . s . intenda conquanto numero Dipsone 
Betatto questo . y . s . intendera Come apresso / Da londra partimo Con 
[bominixyij cioe struck throitgli] Diciaseptte bomini infraquali sono tre 
Oarpentieii Doa fabri Dua piombieri uno cbefalafomacie enoue 
layoranti/econquesti enopiu sefactto tutto Gome a . y . s . disopra sidice / 
epobe eltutio Distiiitameiite . y . 8 . intenda. Come fabri piombieri e colui 
cnefalafomacie ciascuno diquesti attendeya alofitio suo . e solamente, 
Condoci cberestano sitagliaya lamuraglia infraquali yera tre Carpentieri 
equesti sono asegniati et attendano afar epuntegli epuntellar eresto 
cberestono noye layoranti sono stati alayorar eromper la muraglia 
equali sono bomini esercitati euagliano piu assai diquesti qui del (?) 
paese . eptanto cienebisogniera bayen Delli altri esimilmente alcune 
altre Cose cbep questo infra giomi Dua otre yerro Costi edel tutto a 
Y.8. abboc» referiro/Martedi sicomincera a fonder el piombo cbe buona 
parte digia setirato abasso . esifondera Conquella diligentia erispiarmo 
emen C«5o cifia possibile Disorta speriamo Deltutto . y . s . Dinoi siterra 
Contentissima aUaquale umilmente miraComaudo pregando iddio 
quella felice Conseryi aliens alii xxiiij° Dimarzo 1537.//. 

Servidor Di yra S'^ 

Giovanni Portinarj 
In dorso : 

Alio lull® Signior S' tomaxo 

Cromyello. 



Translation. 
Most illustrious Sir, 

I bumbly commend myself to your Lordship. My last I wrote to 
your Lordship on the 20th instant by the hand of Mr. Williamson, and 
by my said (letter) I advertized your Lordship of the quality of the 
building, that is of its largeness and breadth ; and similarly I 
advertized your Lordship of the beginning made of the work to pull 
down everything, and again as to the form and manner of so doing, 
and bow abeady it had begun. 

As by letter I told your Lordship of the side behind the high altar 
which stands beneath a vault {tribuna) upheld upon four round 
columns, and behind which are five chapels which surround the said 
vault. The which chapels and vault are surrounded on the outside 
by a wall of 70 yards, that is 210 feet. All this, in the name of 
Q-od, and with a good beginning is plucked to the ground, and was 
thrown down in two turns which was on Thursday and Friday last, the 
21st and 22nd instant. And presently we shall pull down a very high 
vault which is placed a little before the altar, the which is set upon 
four great pillars, the thickness of each of which is 14 feet and the 



80 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OP ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 

circumference going round about 45 feet. And tliis shall be for the 
second turn as may undoubtedly be hoped, and of what will follow in 
everything your Lordship will have notice. 

In order that your Lordship may understand with what number of 
persons this is dorfe, your Lordslup will understand how from near 
London we set out with seventeen men, amongst whom are three 
carpenters, two smiths, two plumbers, one who keeps the furnace, and 
nine labourers ; and with these and no more all has been done, as to 
your Lordship has been said above. And to the end that the more 
fully and distinctly your Lordship may understand how the smiths, 
plumbers, and he who keeps the furnace each one paid attention to 
his duty ; and only with the twelve remaining was the wall cut, 
amongst whom there were three carpenters and these are appointed 
and attend to do the posting and propping, and the rest who remain, 
nine labourers, have been at work breaking up the wall, and these 
are men practised and worth much more than those of the country, and 
for that reason it will not be necessary to have others. Of such and 
similarly other things which notwithstanding in two or three days I 
shall see (you) of this and of all else, to your Lordship I will relate by 
word of mouth. 

On Tuesday will be begun the casting of the lead, which for the 
best part is already down tind will be cast with such diligence and 
saving as may be possible. 

In such sort we trust in everything your Lordship will be most 
content with us, to whom humbly I commend myself, praying God 
that he may preserve you happily. 

At Lewes 24th March 1537. 

Your Lordship's servant 

Giovanni Portinari 

With Portinari's letters there is preserved, also in his 
handwriting, a schedule of the various dimensions of the 
church as given in his first letter. This list has also 
been translated by Richard Moryson, but in so doing he 
has not only suppressed a number of important words, 
but he has omitted, no doubt by accident, the two items 
stating the breadths and then given as the length of the 
church what is actually that of the transept. 

The original text is as follows : 

f. 126.] A presso sara giustamente tutte lemisui* 
Delle prioria di leus eprima 

La detta chiesa he dilungezza verge Cxi. sono piedi CCCCxx 
La largezza Dalla entrata fino amezzo verge xxiij emezzo piede sono 

piedi Lxviiij emezzo 
La largezza nelmezzo dalla chiesa cioe nel corpo sie Terge . L . sono 
piedi CL. 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 81 

Laltezza sie verge xxj° sono piedi Lxiij 

Lacircumferenza tutta alio intomo gira Didentro verge . Dxviiij® emezo 

sono piedi MDLviij emezo piede 
Lacircoferenza difuora gira verge Diiij<* sono piedi MDxij 
Lafacciata Davanti La chiesa Lagrosezza Delmuro sie piedi . x . 
Lagrosezza Delmuro del campanile che posto sur un canto Dalla 

facciata Davanti sie piedi . x . 
Lagrossezza Delmuro Dalle bande p tutta la chiesa sie piedi . v . 
Sono indetta chiesa pilastri . xxxij . Datutte adua lebande equali sono 

tutti Spicati dalle muraglie infraquali uene octto grossissimi 

equali regano quatro Dessi. una altissima tribuna auso 

Dicampanile ealtri quatro una simile piu alta : che laltra . 

Dovestava cinque Campane et lagrosezza Diciascuno Didetti 

octto pilastri sono piedi : xiiij : et lacircunferenzza girano 

intornno piedi . xlv . 
Lialtri xxiiij pilastri ordinari sono Digrosezza ciascuno piedi . x . et 

girano intornno piedi xxv 
Laltezza Duno depilastri grossi sono verge xiiij e tre octtavi sono piedi 

xlij 
Laltezza Duno depilastri ordinari cioe De xxiiij** he verge vj sono piedi 

xviij 
Laltezza Duna tribuna che uiene sopra Davanti laltar maggior sie 

verge xxxj sono piedi Lxxxxiij. 
Laltezza Delia tribuna dimezzo la chiesa dovestava cinque Oampane si 

he verge xxxiiij esette octtavi sono piedi ciento cinque. 
Laltezza Del Campanile che he posto dalla facciata davanti si he verge 

XXX sono piedi Lxxxx 

Endorsed in another hand : 

Concerning Lewes. 

Translation. 

Underneath shall be justly all the measure of the Priory of Lewes, 
and first 

The said church has in length 140 yards, that is 420 feet. 

The breadth from the entrance as far as the middle 23 yards and half 

a foot, that is 69 J feet. 
The breadth in the middle of the church, that is of the body, is 50 yards, 

that is 150 feet. 
The height is 21 yards, that is 63 feet. 
The cii*cumference of all going round about within, 519 yards and a 

half, that is 1558 J feet. 
The circumference going without 504 yards, that is 1512 feet. 
The front before the church, the thickness of the wall is 10 feet. 
The thickness of the wall of the steeple (campanile) which is set upon 

a corner of the forefront is 10 feet. 
The thickness of the wall of the sides throughout the church is 5 feet. 
There are in the said church thirty-two pillars in all on both sides and 

they are all detached from the walls ; among which are eight 

XLIX. G 



82 THE CLUNIAC PEIORY OP ST. PANCRA8 AT LEWES. 

very big, of which set four support a very high vault in manner 

of a steeple, and the other four one like it a little higher than 

the other, where are five bells ; and the thicknesses of each of 

the eight pillars are 14 feet, and the circumference going round 

about 45 feet. 
The other twenty-four ordinary pillars are each in thickness 10 feet, 

and going round about 25 feet. 
The height of one of the greater pillars, of the eight, is 14 yards, that 

is 42 feet. 
The height of one of the ordinary pillars, that is of the twenty-four, 

has 6 yards, that is 18 feet. 
The height of a vault {trihuna) which comes above before the high 

altar is 31 yards, that is 93 feet. 
The height of the vault {trihuna) in the midst of the church where 

there are five bells is 34 yards and fths, that is 105 feet. 
The height of the steeple (campanile) which is set by the forefront is 

30 yards, that is 90 feet. 

From Portinari's repeated assurances that he will 
advise his lord from time to time of all that shall 
happen, it is clear that his two letters form part of a 
series, of which the rest are missing. Had they been 
preserved we should have had a graphic description of 
the destruction, bit by bit, of the whole church, instead 
of its extreme east end only. 

It is also evident from the careful explanation of the 
manner of the destruction that it was a most unusual 
proceeding. Such a method was no doubt familiar 
enough to military engineers bent on breaching walls or 
mining towers, but it was not the way in which churches 
were wont to be demolished, even ^^with the help of 
Grod " which the Italian invokes. 

So far as my own experience goes, and many here 
present can probably corroborate me, there is no other 
ruin of church or monastery in this Kingdom of 
England which bears signs of such drastic treatment in 
the sixteenth century,^® nor have I met with any other 
documents than Portinari's letters which describe such a 
method or order its adoption. 

" Since the above was written Mr. Harold Brakspear has been excavating the 
Bite of Stanley Abbey, Wilts, and there found two pillars in the south transept 
treated in the way of Lewes and under the fallen material of the superstructure 
the bones of some unhappy man who had evidently been undermining them, 
with disastrous results to himself. 



THE CLUNIAC PRIOET OP 8T, PANGEAS AT LEWES, 83 



Oddly enough it is evident from the extensive remains 
of the eastern range of buildings, which show no signs 
of other than the usual piecemeal destruction, that the 
system of sap and mine which was used at Lewes was 
confined almost entirely to the church. Apparently the 
object was to destroy it in the shortest possible time^ or 
to convert it into a heap of ruins that could quickly be 
removed. This is the more probable when it is 
remembered that Crumwell had decided to convert part 
of the buildings into a residencB for himself j and it may 
well be that he was anxious to get the great church out 
of his way. How the work was done can be made out 
fairly well from Portinari's letters^ but so completely has 
the church disappeared that until lately his graphic 
description had to suffice. 

It so happens, however^ that the recently disclosed 
remains of the infirmary chapel furnish abundant evidence 
that that building was destroyed in precisely the same 
way as the churclh Moreover, as its walls are still exist- 
ing in places to a height of several feet, it is possible to 
see exactly how the destruction was brought about The 
building was probably first stripped of its roofSj doors, 
windows and fittings. Vertical breaches were then made 
in the masonry, and through the heads of windows and 
doorways and other openings, and through the vaulting 
where necessary, so as to detach, as it were, from each 
other large sections of the walling. These sections were 
next undermined by the easy process of digging out the 
footingSj and underpinning the walls vrith a continuous 
series of stout props. When all was ready one line of 
props was burnt or blo^vn away, and the superincumbent 
mass then settled down into the hole beneath, in such 
fashion as to knock down any adjacent pillars or other 
standing portions and so help to complete the ruin. Such 
a cutting away as I have described may plainly be seen 
in the east wall of the chapel, just north of the high altar 
(Plate III.), in the walls north and south of it, and where 
the side doors of the nave were. The sections of the 
wallingj too, are canted over at various angles, according 
to the depth of the holes into which they sunk. (See 

a 2 



84 THE CLUNIAC PEIORY OP ST. PANCRA8 AT LEWES. 

Plates IV. and V.) From the rate at which Portinari's 
men seem to have worked, a very few days' labour would 
have sufficed to convert even so massive a structure as 
the infirmary chapel into a pitiful heap of ruins. 

The recovery of Portinari's letters, and the statements 
therein contained as to the dimensions and architectural 
features of the church, have thrown new light upon several 

Eoints which the shortcomings of Moryson's paraphrase 
ad left obscure. We now know the exact length of the 
church, as well as the widths of the nave and transept. 
These dimensions necessitate a reconsideration of the 
somewhat conjectural plan submitted 23 years ago in 
illustration of my paper, which can also be corrected in 
another point, the arrangement of the west end of the 
church. It is evident that ^Hhe stepil at the fronte," 
described by Moryson, was not a single tower over the 
westernmost part of the nave, but one of a pair, the 
fellow of which had not been carried up, and it is rightly 
described by Portinari in his first letter as '^posto sur 
uno canto della chiesa," and in his schedule is '^sur un 
canto della facciati davanti." 

In the hope of recovering, if possible, some traces of 
the original east end of the church, which was, of course, 
not destroyed by Portinari, but taken down when the 
eastern transept and its chevet of chapels were added in 
the twelfth century, Mr. Brakspear and myself have 
lately been allowed, through the kindness of Messrs. 
Kenward, to make excavations on the site. This is now 
a nursery garden, which, before the making of the rail- 
way, covered the whole of the site of the eastern half of 
the church, and still includes that of the middle portions 
and also that of the first presbytery. Owing to the 
presence of fruit trees and flower beds it was not possible 
to do more than sink holes, and though these revealed in 
many places the existence of strong concrete foundations, 
the general destruction had been too sweeping to leave 
anything definite behind. A small patch of tile flooring 
on the site of the south transept was practically the only 
interesting thing found, and I am afraid that it is hopeless 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 85 

to expect any further discoveries, even if conducted on a 
larger scale. 

Through Mr. Courthope's kindness some excavations 
have also been made in his garden. One of these, 
carried out by Mr. Whitley, has enabled us to lay down 
the lines of the south wall of the nave and the garth 
wall of the cloister. More recently some deep holes 
have been sunk on the line of the west wall of the 
church, but these have disclosed little else than the 
concrete core, with the opening of the west doorway 
and a fragment of the ashlar work at the north end. 
This last had evidently been undercut and sunk down 
into the pit that had been dug below. There are sundry 
other buried walls belonging to the western range, which 
show through the turf in very dry seasons, that one 
would like to trace, but as this would involve a 
temporary disturbance of a beautifully kept lawn, I am 
afraid the present state of things will have to continue. 

From Crumwell's accounts and correspondence in the 
Public Record Office it is possible to follow the story of 
Lewes Priory for a little longer after its suppression and 
destruction. 

In the accounts for 1538 are: 



CU. 



f. 124 6.] Oennens The seconde of the same monethe 
at Lewes delyvered to the Stewarde at 
Lewes by thand(> of John 
Portynary 

f. 125.] Portynary The iij*** of Aprill delyvered to hym ) .... y 
in prest uppon his accompte J ^ 

f. 125 5.] The xij'*» of Aprill payed for the ] 

cariage of certayn stuf from I xvj s. iiij d. 
Stepney to Lewes to my Lady j 

As Crumwell was then a widower it is uncertain who 
^^my Lady" was, but perhaps the wife of his son 
Gregory, who, as we have seen, had already been sent 
down to Lewes, and on the 11th April he writes to his 
father : 

I have long deferred writing to you how my wife and I like this 
country till we had more experience of it. The house and situation 
please us much. 



86 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OF ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 



More payments occur later in the year : 

f. 134.] Jennjns The same day [llth July] delyvered ' 
to him by thandes of M' Chaumbley 
ffor the provision of my Lord(» 
howse at L( 



f. 134 6.] Arcane 
the 
Italyon 

f. 135 6.] John 
Portynary 



Liewes 

The same day [12th July] payed to 
him by M' Rychard(> commaunde- 
ment ffor his labo' at lewis 

The xviij'** of the same monethe 
payed to him for certayn thing(> 
by him donne at Lewes as by the 
particulers thereof dothe appere 



Cxxxiij li. 
vj s. viij d. 



XXX li. 



viij li. xij s. 
viij d. 



It is unfortunate that no further details are given, but 
probably these payments were for breaking up and 
removing the fallen walls of the church. 

Among Crumwell's receipts for 1539 are several items 
showing what he made out of his ill-gotten gains : 



ij*^xxix li. 
xvii j s. V d. 



Oiiijj li. 
viij d. 



vij^'xxvj li. 
iij s. vj d. 



f. 71 6.] Thomas Bysshope Eec the vj**' of July of him in 

parte payment of a more 
some for thing(> solde at 
lewes 

f. 78.] Thomas Bushope Eec. the same daye [24th 

November] of him for cer- 
tayn venditions at lewes 

f . 80 5.] Eede & others Eec xxij'** of December of him * 

& others in parte of paye- 
ment of a moer some for 
leade & bellys bought at 
lewes dew unto my lorde 
at Cristemas next 

What share (if any) of this plunder passed to the late 
prior doth not appear. 

On Crumwell's attainder and execution in June — 
July, 1540, all his estates were forfeited to the Crown, 
and on 27th November Nicholas Jenney, yeoman, had, 
inter alia, a lease of the site of Lewes Priory, with 
certain reservations, for twenty-one years. 

Here the story of Lewes Priory might be allowed to 
end, but for the fact that the setting out of the 
particulars in the lease are of some little interest. They, 
in fact, give us apparently a description of that portion 



THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OP ST. PANCRAS AT LEWES. 87 

of the monastic buildings which formed the Prior's 
lodgings and was afterwards converted into a residence 
for Crumwell. 

The site granted to Jenney included, all houses, 
buildings, gardens, crofts, meadows and marshes within 
the precinct of the Priory wall, containing by estimation 
roughly 20 acres. But reserving to the King the church, 
the cloister, the house called ''le Frater," and all other 
buildings which the King has ordered to be thrown down 
within a space of three years ; together with all the lead, 
glass, iron, timber, stones, and tiles accruing therefrom, 
with free ingress and egress at all times to fetch them 
away. 

Reserving also to the King : 

"le great Gatehouse," with all the buildings in the same, and all 
upper buildings and rooms from the hall towards the west, viz. **le 
hall place " and ** le pantry," with a little chamber opposite the 
pantry ; 

the room called **le Chappell," with "le hall place" and the steps 
downwards through the west door of the church ; 

two buildings called " Wynesellers ; " 

a lower room called **le Chequer," and "le old storehouse" under 
the steps, and also a building called "le countynghouse " above "le 
storehouse ; " 

also "le utter chamber," another chamber called "le greate 
Chamber," "le litell chamber" with "le entre" between the said 
" utter chambre " and " le grate Chamber ; " 

" le gallery " with the new buildings above and below on the north 
end and west of the said great chamber, with the steps in the south end 
of the same room; 

also the priory kitchen and the bakehouse with free ingress and 
egress from the aforesaid new buildings through " le greate Malthouse " 
to the said kitchen and bakehouse. 

Reserving also to the King : 

the garden adjoining the said new buildings and " le Malthouse ; " 
also another garden and an orchard enclosed between "mill 
pounde " towards the said malthouse, and the gardener's house there ; 
also a moiety of the pigeon house in the north end, a stable and 
bam called "le Proctours barne and stable" with sufficient easement 
in a curtilage belonging to the same, aU the house called "le Fisshe 
house" and "le ponde gardeyn" with free fishery in "le mill pond" 
and "le podpole; " 



88 THE CLUNIAC PRIORY OP ST, PANORAS AT LEWES. 

and all our swans and cygnets in the same ponds or elsewhere and 
hawks nesting in the premises.^^ 

With a little ingenuitj^ it is possible approximately to 
arrange these buildings in some sort of order, but as there 
is nothing of them left standing above ground, and we 
have no information as to their dimensions, it is useless 
to attempt a plan of them until excavations shall have 
revealed more about them. 

What was their ultimate fate I have not yet been able 
satisfactorily to make out. 

The Society is much indebted to Mr. E. B. Blaker, 
Mr. F. G. Courthope, and Messrs. Kenward for the 
facilities afforded by them with regard to the exciavations, 
to Mr. Harold Brakspear for the accompanying plan of 
the Priory buildings, to Mr. J. C. Stenning for the three 
photographs reproduced in the plates, and to Mr. R. H. 
Brodie for collating the text of the Italian documents. 

^8 27 November 32 Henry VIII. [1540]. Patent to Nicholas Jenney, yeoman, 
leasing to him inter alia : '* totum Scitum nuper Monasterii de Lewes in Comitatu 
nostro Snssexie cum omnibus domibus edificiis gardinis Croftis pratis et mariscis 
infra precinctum parietis dicti Scitus continentem Per estimacionem viginti acras 
sive plus inde fuerit sine injuris. Exceptis et omnino nobis heredibus et 
successoribus nostris reservatis ecclesia / Claustro / domo vocato le ffrater / ac 
omnibus aliis edificiis que nos imposterum infra spacium trium annorum prozimum 
sequencium prostemi mandavenmus / ac omnibus plumbo vitro ferro maieremio 
lapidibus tegulis inde provenientibus cum libero egressu et regressu omni tempore 
ad asportanct et auferend diet, plumbum vitrum ferrum maierium lapides et 
tegulas. Exceptis eciam nobis heredibus et successoribus nostris le great 
Gatehouse cum (minibus edificiis in eodem / ac omnibus superioribus ed&ciis 
et cubiculis ab aula occidentem versus videlicet le hall place et le pantry / parvo 
cubiculo ex opposite ejusdem pantrie / cubiculo vocato le Chappell / cum le hall 
place I et gradubus deorsum per occidentalem ostium ecclesie / duobus edificiis 
vocatis Wynesellers / inferiori cubiculo vocato le Chequer / et le old storehouse sub 
gradibus / ac eciam edificio vocato le Countynghouse desuper le storehouse / ac etiam 
le utter chamber / Alia camera vocata le greate Chamber / le litell Chamber / cum 
le entre inter dicta le utter Chambre & le grate Chamber / le Oalery cum novis 
edificiis supeme et inf erne in fine boriali et occidentali dicte magne Camere / 
cum gradibus in fine australi ejusdem cubiculi / ac eciam coquina privata et 
pistrino / cum libero egressu et regressu a predictis novis edificiis per le greate 
Malthouse usque predictam Coquinam et pistrinum. Exceptisque nobis et 
successoribus nostris similiter reservatis horto adjacente predictis novis edificiis et 
dicte le Malthouse / ac eciam alio horto et pomario sicut inclusis inter mill pounde 
versus dictam le Malthouse et domo hortulantis ibidem. Ac eciam et medietat€ 
Columbarii in fine boriali ac uno stabulo et horreo voctias le Proctours barne d 
stable cum sufficiente easemento in curtilagio ejusdem spectante ac tota domo 
vocata le ffisshehouse & le ponde gardeyn cum libera piscaria in le mill pond & le 
podpole Ac omnibus Cignis et Cignellis nostris in eisdem stagnis seu alibi ac 
aucipitribus in premissis nidificantibus. Tradimus eciam et ad firmam dimittimus 
prefato Nicholao le bruehouse le Watermyll & le horsemyll cum eorum utensilibus 
mfra dictum Scitum," &c., &c. (Rot. Pat. 32 H. VIII. pt. i. m. 24.) 



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CUCKFIELD FAMILIES; THE WARDENS. 



By the Eev. canon J. H. COOPER, Vicar of Cuckfield. 



That the Wardens were in the front rank of Sussex 
families is evident from the fact that their earliest 
representative at Cuckfield refused to compound for 
knighthood in 1639, '' though fitt and able."' They are 
supposed to have resided in West Sussex, but I have been 
unable to find any records of their having lived there. 
The first John Warden, ''of Fin don," acquired Butler's 
Green,^ in Cuckfield, soon after 1600, and took a pro- 
minent part in parish affairs.® He was churchwarden 
four times between 1622 and 1629, and is described as 
" yeoman " and afterwards as '' gent." He died in 1649 
and was buried at Cuckfield.* His will, dated May 17th, 
1649,^ gives to his son John,^ '' dwelling in the parish of 
Cuckfield, twelve pence if it be demanded," the same to 
his son Walter [of Burpham], and to his " daughter Jane, 
dwelling in Chichester," and to his nieces, Marie Agush, 
and Marie Kempshall twelve pence each; to his ''wife 
Jane and her heirs the lands lying in Boldnie called by 
the name of Westland woods," and ''all the Parsonage 
ty thes of Cuckfield not before given to my son John ; all 
the rest of my goods, within doors and without, to my 
dearly beloved wife Jane, whom I make my whole and 

1 S,A.C., Vol. XVI., p. 49. 

2 Probably from Boteler. Among the * * Ancient Deeds " of the Record Office, I. 
c, 1375, is the "Demise bj Rich. Tanner, of Lyndefeld, to Millicent, relict of 
Thos. Boteler, sen., of Cokefeld, of lands in the parishes of Cokefeld, Lyndefeld, 
Wyvelsfeld, &c., Feb. 1, Richard III., 1483." Henricus le Boteller was M.P. for 
Horsham during the reign of Richard II. 

* The earliest appearance of his name in the register is 1613, ** buried an Infant 
the Sonne of John Warden of Butler's Green." 

* '* 1649. May 24. John Warden buried." Cuckfield Register. 

* P.C.C, Grey, f. 12. I am indebted to Mr. Garraway Rice for this abstract ; 
also Chichester Register, XXI., f. 358. 

« The dates of Ms children's baptisms are : 1614, Marie ; 1618, John ; 1621, 
Walter; 1623, Jane. Cuckf. Reg. 



90 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

sole executrix." Signed, John Warden, sen., in the pre- 
sence of William Francklin the elder, clarke, William 
Francklin the younger. Proved Jan. 28th, 165^, by- 
Jane Warden, relict. She died in 1653. Her will,*^ 
dated April 1st, 1653, describes her as of Cuckfield, and 
widow of John Warden, sen. She leaves half of the 
£200 due to her from tlie executors of Mrs. Mary Porter, 
late of Ringmer, to her eldest son, John Michel! ; to her 
son, John Warden, the long table and sideboards of the 
house where she now dwells; to Elizabeth, wife of 
Nicholas Hardham, and to Anne and Mary Kempshall, 
two of her granddaughters, 20/- apiece ; to Mary Agate, 
one of her grandchildren, £100, '^ which my son John 
oweth me," she to be sole executrix. Abraham Pelham, 
of Cuckfield, and Alexander Bridger, of Lindfield, over- 
seers ; John and William Courthopp, witnesses. Proved 
April 18th, 1654, John Luxford, curator, assigned to 
Mary Agate, otherwise Gates. 

At the Inq. p.m. of John Michell, yeoman, who died 
28th December, 1615, the jury said, '^ That Jane Warden, 
now wife of John Warden, and late wife of the said John 
Michell, and Ann Michell, her daughter, and James 
Michell, his son, are still living at Est Grinstead, 1622." 
20 James I., Inq., Ser. II., Vol. 394, No. 35. 

John Warden the second, born at Butler's Green in 
1618, married Susan Pickham in 1640.® She had no 
children, and died in 1650. . He very soon married again 
and had eight children by his second wife, Anne — John, 
born February, 1653 ;^ Anne, b. 1656, died 1660 ; Mary, 
b. 1659; Walter, b. 1661; Susanna, b. 1654 (married, 
1684, Robert Chatfield); Sarah, b. 1669, died 1684; 
Thomas, b. 1671^® (married Prudence Sergison); Jane, 
b. 1674. He died in 1677,^^ and left a lengthy wiir' 

7 p.C.C, Alchin, f. 403. 

8 * * 1640. July 1 . John Warden, jun. , of Cuckfield, yeoman, & Susan Pickham, 
of same, widow. Surety John Warden, senior, yeoman — Twineham." Lewes 
Marriage Licenses. "1650. Nov. 5. Susan wife of John Warden buried." 
Cuckf . Keg. 

9 It is worthy of note that the Register records the baptisms of these children. 

10 << 1(571. Aug. Thomas, son of John and Ann Warden, was here baptised.'* 

11 ** 1677. M"^ John Warden was buried Nov. 19'^." Cuckf. Reg. 

12 Lewes Registry, A. 54. 



CUCKFIELD families: THE WARDENS. 91 

dated October, 1675, by which he gave to his eldest 
daughter, Anne, £300 ; to Susan, Mary, Sarah and Jane 
and his son Thomas, each £200 ; to his eldest son, John, 
who had just come of age, the Manor of Haywards with 
Trobwicke,^® little Haywards containing 24 acres, 
Gnossers, and all that portion of land called the east por- 
tion in Cuckfield; to his wife, Anne, ^^ all that messuage 
and tenement wherein I now dwell, with parcells of land 
containing 40 acres, lying on the north side of the high- 
way leading from Haywards bought [sicl to Cuckfield. 
town" for her life, also ''my silver tankard and best 
bed, &c., with linen sufficient for one chamber." As on 
November 10th, 1662, he had mortgaged to John Burt 
and Lyonel Gatford, the executors of Nicholas Hardham, 
of Cuckfield, yeoman," the capital messuage, lands, &c., 
called Great Haward, containing 80 acres in his own 
occupation, and as £100 remains unpaid, he gives to his 
loving friends, Thomas Beard, of Hurstpierpoint, Esq., 
Timothy Burrell, of Cuckfield, Esq., Elyott More, of 
Wivelsfield, gent.,^^ Thomas Woody er, of Wivelsfield, 
gent.,^^ and Thomas Trindell, of Cuckfield, yeoman, 
'^ the capital messuage called great Hay ward, the tithes 
of come and graine thereout arising, all that land and 
wood ground called the South copice, containing 8 acres, 
the Chandler's field, 8 acres, the woodland called the 
Rushey grene, or Reading copice, 14 acres, the field 
called the Hyde, 4 acres, and the field called Malthay, 
10 acres, the tithes of corne, &c., in the parish of 
Cuckfield, lately in the occupation of Abraham Holland 
in trust, to pay out of the profits the money due unto the 

^* These manors were connected together from the earliest times, although the 
Manor of Trubwick was subordinate to the Manor of Plumpton Boscage. John 
de Hayworth was the owner in Edward III., Will. Covert in 1485, Robert and 
Nicholas Hardham in the next century. The first Court of John Warden was in 
1662. In 1576 the Barony of Lewes laid claim to the waste called Hayward's 
Heath, the Homage present that they have not known any claim to it but the 
lords of Trubwick (information kindly given by Col. Attree). These two manors 
are in the possession of Capt. Sergison, and his steward, F. Fearon, Esq., holds 
courts at intervals ; he has the Court Rolls from 1809. 

" Married Elizabeth Burt, of Wamham, Nov., 1642. The manors of Heyworth 
and Trubwick were owned by Nicholas Hardham, 1638. Burrell' s MS. 

1* Son of Thomas More, of More House, by Margaret, heir of Thomas Elyott, 
of Reigate. S.A.C, Vol. XXXV., p. 53. 

i« Of Franklyne or Franklande. S,A,C., Vol. XXXV., p. 28. 



92 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

mortgage ; " then after the mortgage is satisfied to sell 

the messuage, &c., to pay the legacies to his children, 

and the interest of the money received for the sale to his 

wife, for the maintenance and education of his children, 

placing out his younger sons, Walter and Thomas, '' as 

apprentices to convenient trades." £3 to the poor of 

Cuckfield, and £1 to each of the Trustees for a ring. 

His son, John Warden, sole executor. Ral. BurrelP*^ 

and Walter Burt, witnesses. 

John Warden, the third, born 1653, married, in 1678, 

Mary, daughter of George Milles, of Rusper.^® She had 

three children who died young, and died herself in 1691.^^ 

He re -married in 1694 Hopestill, widow of Francis 

Pellatt,^ of Bury, and daughter of Thomas Brett, of 

Horsham, and had by her two daughters and three sons, 

two of whom died in infancy. On their monument at 

Cuckfield is the inscription : — 

Here lyeth the body of Thomas Warden, son of John Warden and 
Hopestill, his wife, who was born July, 1695, and was buried 28th 
of August following. Here lieth the body of Matthew Warden, who 
died Jan., 1697, in the 2nd year of his age.^ 

Although he did not accept any parochial office, except- 
ing that of surveyor in 1701-9, John's signature appears 
in the Parish Book as a regular attendant at the Vestry 
meetings in 1697 and the following years. He died in 
1730, and his widow in 1749 at the age of 93.^ 

The third and only surviving son, Francis Warden,^® 
succeeded to Butler's Green. He never married, and as 
the last of the Wardens left the house and estate to 

" S.A.C., Vol. XLIII., p. 19. 

18 " 1678. Nov. 7. John Warden and Mary ISlills married.'* Rusper Reg. 

19 1680, Oct., John ; 1682, Dec, Mary ; 1686, May, ** George, of John and Mary 
Warden" were baptised. **1691. June. Mrs. Mary Warden, the wife of M' 
John Warden of this parish, gent." was buried. Cuckf. Reg. 

20 S.A.C., Vol. XXXIX., p. 80. 

21 ** 1696. Oct. Matthew son of M"^ John Warden of Butler's Green, and M" 
Hopestill, his wife bapt. and bom Oct. 2." ** 1697. Buried Matthew the son of 
M"^ John Warden, attorney." Cuckf. Reg. 

22 *' 1730. May. M"^ John Warden of Butler's Green buried." Cuckf. Reg. 
The inscription on their monument on the south wall of the nave of Cuckfield 
Church is given in S.A.C.y Vol. XXV., p. 82. 

28 ** Francis the son of John Warden gentleman & Hopestill his wife bom 
Aug. 15 baptised Aug. 21." 



CUCKFIELD families: THE WARDENS. 93 

Warden Sergison, his uncle Thomas Warden's great 
grandson, the son of Francis Jefferson and Anne Sergison. 
^^ He was steward to most of the gentry of the Lewes 
Rape, and an intimate friend of Sir William Burrell,"^ 
to whom he is said to have given much valuable informa- 
tion. He died in 1785.^ His will was dmwn up in 1784,^ 
and says : ^^ In the early part of my life I received many 
favours and improvements in my profession of the law 
from my friend William Shirley, Esq.,^ barrister, he 
residing at Otehall, in Wivelsfield, and being the lord of 
the manor of Otehall. On his quitting and going over 
to Boston, in New England, and being appointed governor 
there, he sold the said manor, capital mansion house and 
estate unto me and my heirs, now in the tenure of the 
Countess Dowager of Huntingdon^ and John Brazier. I 
bequeath it to Thomas Shirley, governor of the Leeward 
Islands, the only son of William Shirley. And as I have 
a great regard for my friend, Thomas Lord Pelham,*® I 
bequeath to his eldest son all my lands in Ardingly which 
I purchased of Walter Lucas, as it is intermixt with Lord 
Pelham's farm called Naldrett,^ and also the lands, &c., 
at Storrington which I purchased of James Ellis, now in 
the occupation of Edward Gott and William Baker. 
And whereas Lord Pelham and his son owe me £1,500, 
I bequeath to them £300 of it and £200 to my clerk, John 

a* S,A.C,, Vol. II., p. 109. 

25 **1785. Jan. 6. Francis Warden Esq' of Butler's Green buried in his 
85'^ year." 
» P.C.C, Ducarel, f. 106. 

27 William Shirley's father came into Otehall by his marriage with Elizabeth, 
the only daughter of John Godman. He died in 1778 and was buried in the 
King's Chapel, Boston. His son, Thomas, was created a Baronet in 1786, married 
Anna Maria, daughter of Thomas Western, Esq., of Rivenhall, Essex, and died 
at Bath, 1800, leaving a son. Sir William Warden Shirley, who died unmarried — 
the last of our Sussex Shirleys. S.A.C., Vol. XIX., p. 66. 

28 Selina, widow of Theophilus, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, and daughter of 
Washington, 2nd Earl Ferrers, foimder of ** Lady Huntingdon's Connexion.'* 

29 Thomas Pelham, of Stanmer, on whom the Barony devolved on the death of 
the Duke of Newcastle, was created Earl of Chichester in 1801. His son, bom 
1756, was M.P. for Sussex and Home Secretary. He was great-grandfather of 
the present peer. 

^ ** Naldretts," now on the Borde Hill estate, has iJeen restored by Stephenson 
R. Clarke, Esq., with care and taste. From the Visitation of Sussex in 1570 it 
appears that there was a family of this name at '* Cokefeld" from at any rate 
Edward II. 's time ; it died out through the heiress marrying a John Attwood in 
Henry VI.'s reign. 



94 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

Hall.®^ To George Stamper, Lieut, in the Sussex Militia, 
being great - grandson of Mrs. Ann Newington, my 
mother's niece, I bequeath my farms in Bury and West 
Burton in the occupation of Clement TJpperton, and in 
Bignor in the occupation of George Chitty, also my 
meadows at Sutton, called Sutton meas, in the occupation 
of Mr. John Hampton. Stamper to pay £10 to his aunt, 
Hopestill Wheeler, late Roberts. To my relative and 
late clerk, Jas. Waller, my shop, &c., in Cuckfield town.®^ 
To William Board, of Lindfield, Esq.,«^ Walter Bachelor, 
of Lindfield, gent., John Ingram, of Chailey, gent.,^ and 
William Glutton, of Cuckfield,^ my manor called Hay- 
ward's Heath, Trubwick's and Marshall's,®^ togetlier with 
my capital mansion called Butler's Green, and all my 
estates in Sussex, Surrey and Bucks, in trust for the use of 
my godson. Warden Jefferson, now Warden Sergison, and 
his heirs. All furniture to be sold except plate and books. 
I desire to be buried in my own seat in the chancel with 
as much decency and frugality as may be, and that a 
monument to ray memory be placed near the pulpit of 
about £200, with such inscription as the Vicar of Cuck- 
field"^ shall think proper. To him I give £20. To 

*i ** 1791. April. Buried John HaU, late servant and clerk to Francis Warden, 
Esq." " 1801. Mary, widow of J. Hall, attorney." Cuckf. Reg. 

** Mr. Waller did not long survive his master. ** 1785. Sep. 23. James Waller, 
attorney at law, buried." His son succeeded him ; there are entries of the births of 
the nine children of Samuel and Louisa Waller, attorney, between 1788 and 1810. 

88 S.A,C., Vol. XLI., p. 215 ; Vol. XLII., p. 244. 

8* Son of the Rev. James Ingram, Curate of Cuckfield, Vicar of Seddlescombe. 

86 S.A,C., Vol. XLIII., p. 27. 

88 From the Rolls of the Manor of Marshalls it appears that in 1662, when they 
commence, Henry Ward was the lord, in 1665 John Ward and in 1669 Ellen 
Ward ; in 1690 Henry Plummer, arm., guardian of James Plummer, his only son. 
The stewards of this period are John Pickering, John Raynes and Robert Norden. 
In this manor were included Maltmans (formerly Parsons'), a close called Mittens, 
a parcel of land called Polestub, a slaughter-house, garden, &c., called Taynter's 
Croft — these names still remain — also the mansion house known now as Marshes, 
a good specimen of the seventeenth century building. The manor and house 
belong to Capt. Sergison. (From information kindly given by the present 
steward, F. Fearon, Esq.) 

87 The Vicar was Charles Ashbumham, youngest son of Sir Charles Ashbumham, 
of Broomham, and brother of Sir William, Bishop of Chichester. He was also 
Rector of Cowfold and Canon of the Cathedral. The inscription the Vicar thought 

proper ' ' runs— < « jj^ ^11 thy virtues may the world agree, 

Thy failings buried in the grave and me." 
The last word implies tiiat the Vicar had given him some advice and help in 
overcoming the ** failings." S.A.C, Vol. XXV. 



CUCKi^ELD families: THE WARDENS. 95 

Francis Shirley Western, in recompense of china-ware 
and goods that might have been broken at Preston, part 
of the effects of his grandfather, Thomas Western, dec, 
and are now in my house at Brighthelmstone. The 
residue to the trustees for Warden Jefferson, now 
Sergison, my godson." Witnesses, Allen Chatfield and 
Henry Dungate.^ Proved Feb., 1785. 

Francis Warden's heir, ^^ Warden Jefferson, now 
Sergison," was the son of Francis Jefferson and Ann, 
daughter of Michael Warden,®^ who took the name of 
Sergison on his brother Thomas' death in 1766. The 
Jeffersons took the name of Sergison in 1784, the year 
before Francis Warden made his will. Young Warden 
was born at York in 1765, and matriculated at Christ 
Church 1783.'^ He was High Sheriff of Sussex in 1786,^ 
and ^'Lieut.-Cbl. of H.M.'s Royal Regiment of Horse 
Guards Blue." He died at Northampton July 1 1th, 1811, 
at the early age of 46, and was buried in Cuckfield 
Church July 16th, at half -past ten in the evening. At 
the auction at Cuckfield Place after his death, August 
26th, the sale of live stock, husbandry and farming 
implements produced £1,058 and the wine £723.^ He 
contested Sussex in 1807, but was beaten by C. W. 
Wyndham and J. Fuller. He petitioned, but without 
success. 

Thomas, youngest son of the second John Warden, 
married Prudence, only daughter of Michael Sergison, „ 
the elder brother of Charles Sergison, and had by her 
five sons and five daughters. To their first-born they 
gave the name of Sergison, perhaps by her uncle's wish, 
thinking that the child would succeed, but he died when 

88 ** Henry Dungate, yeoman, buried 1801, aged 82.*' Cuckf. Reg. 

^ ** Francis Jefferson of the parish of All Saints in the city of York, Esq., & 
Ann Warden of this pjirish were married in this church by license 20 April 1762 
by me Joseph Newcom, curate, in the presence of Michael Warden & Ann 
Warden." The bride was 23 and the bridegroom 26. There is a small picture of 
him at Cuckfield Park in the uniform of the 4th Dragoons. 

40 << Warden Jefferson son of Francis Jefferson of York city, arm., aged 18." 
Alumni Oxon, 

" P.R.O., Index, No. 9. 

« Bates' MS. Diary. 



96 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

only seven years old ;** three girls also died young. The 
father died in 1718 and the mother in 1729,** and 
Charles made their second son Thomas his heir. At his 
death in 1732 an Act of Parliament*^ was passed ^^to 
enable Thomas Warden, Esq', and the heirs of his body, 
and the several other persons therein named " [John and 
Michael Warden, Anne Langford, Thomas Ingram, Jane 
and Prudence Warden, and Elinor BrunskillJ ^^ to take 
and use the name of Sergison." It received the Royal 
Assent on 17th May, 1733. He was of the Middle 
Temple, contested Lewes, against the Pelhams, without 
success in 1734, but was elected in 1747—1765.*^ He 
married Mary Pitt, of St. Mary-le-bone, and had three 
daughters, but no son. The eldest daughter, Sarah, 
married Charles Langford and died in 1758, leaving no 
child. Prudence died unmarried in 1753, and Mary,**^ 
the youngest, married John Thomlinson**^ T" merchant of 
London" and M.P. for Steyning in 1761) and died in 
1762 without children. 

In April, 1728, on Thomas Warden's marriage, 
Charles Sergison, his mother's uncle, settled on him 
lands and houses in Shipley, bought from Philip Caryl,*® 
and also in Horsham, Nuthurst and Rusper, but in 1750 
he obtained an Act^ to sell part of this settled estate and 
^'to lay out the money arising thereby in the purchase 
of lands to be settled in lieu thereof," the reason given 

^ ** 1698. Dec. 2. Sergison the son of Thomas & Prudence Warden bom 
Nov. 9, bapt.'' " 1705. Aug. 17. Sergison Warden buried.** Cuckf. Reg. 

^ ** 1718. Oct. M' Thomas Warden buried." " 1729. Dec. M" Prudence 
Warden, widow of the late M"^ Thos. Warden.*' Cuckf. Reg. The inscription 
on their monument is given from the Burrell MS. in S.A.C., Vol. XXV., p. 82. 

** 6 George II., cap. 18. The Bill was brought into the Upper House bj Lord 
Abergavenny 19th March, 1732. In the Commons it was in the charge of Henrj 
Ingram, of Hills, M.P. for Horsham. 

*« He presented fine Commimion PUite to St. Michael's, Lewes. The Flagon 
and two Chalices are inscribed, ** The gift of Tho« Sergison one of the representa- 
tives in Parliament for the Borough of Lewes 1753.'* 

*7 Authoress of the verses in S.A.C.y Vol. XIV., p. 266, in which "sister Prue'* 
appears as the housekeeper, and Sarah as the sister ** fond of Town, & park & 
play.** 

*^ ** 1762. Nov. M" Mary wife of John Thomlinson Esq. & youngest daughter 
of Thomas Sergison Esq.** Cuckf. Reg. 

** Son of Philip Caryl (and nephew of Lord Caryl) of Goringlee, died at 
Dunkirk in 1735. He sold these lands in 1707. 

M 23 George II. 



CUCKFIELD families: THE WARDENS. 97 

being that the lands were at a distance from the mansion 
house called Cuckfield Place^ and from *' the bulk of the 
estate comprised in the settlement.^' The lands were by 
this Act vested in Anthony Nott/^ of St. Clement Danes, 
and William Smithy of Lincoln's InOj to apply the 
money arising from the sale to the purchase of the 
Manor of Slaugham, the adyowson and other lands 
whereof Thomas Sergison is to be seized, they to be of 
equal value to the settled estates. Among the Newcastle 
papers in the British Museum is preserved a letter from 
Mr. Sergison to the Duke of Newcastle^ and also the 
Duke's reply :^^^ 

My Lord- — I beg leave to iaform your Graoe that about a month 
einca I was to wait upon M^ Brown of Steyning and falling into 
discourse who were to be their candidates at the next election ho told 
3ne that M' Honeywood would certainly he one, but knew not who 
would be the other, I then proposed my son M' Thoinlinson who 
seems to be approved of, and the affair will be brought to a conclusion 
uoless your Grace disapproves oi it: the which I beg to know as soon 
as possible directed to me at Cuckfield by E Grins tead bag. 

Most obed' 

Cuckfield 25 Aug. 1760. Thoa, Sergison. 

D&ar Sir^ — I am very glad to hear that your son M* Thomlinson 
intends to offer himself as a candidate for Steyning the next election, 
and that he has good hopes of success. His near relation to you, hia 
own merit, and hia being son of a very considerable honest man, and 
a very good friend of mine engage all my good wishes for him, and I 
shall be happy to have it in my power to be of service to him and M*^ 
Honeywood.^ I shall send to our friend Jack Butler" to desire him. 
to ae^jnaint all my friends at Steyning with ray wishes, 

I am, &c., 

Thoa* Sergison, Esq'* Holies Newcastle. 

Mr. Sergison died in Deceniberj 1766, in his 66th 

year.^^ His will^ made Jilst October in that year, directs 
that his body should be ''buried in the Church of 

"1 Thomas Warden's sou-iu'law. 

6i Add. MSS., S2,910, ff. 288, 291. 

" The Returns of M.P.'s show that '* Fraaer Honywood Esq. of Hampstead, 
and Johtt Thomlinsoxi the younger of London, merchant/^ were elected for 
Steyning, March, 1761, to the first FarUament of George III. lu Februar7, 
17(JT, '* !Sir John t'ilmer vice John Thomlinson Esq. deceased." 

^ Mr. John Butler, M,F, for Sussex. 

« " 1766. Dec;. 22. Thomas Sergison Esq' huried.'* P.C.C., Regard, t 26. 



98 cucKFiELD fawlieb: the wasdeks. 

Cuckfield in a private manner near to my honoured great 
uncle, Charles Sergison, and my late dear wife and 
child." He leaves " the undivided fourth part of the 
Manor of Cuckfield, purchased by my said uncle of 
Samuel Thornton, Esq., subsequent to the settlement 
made by my uncle upon my marriage with Mary my 
late wife,^ to my brother-in-law, Anthony Nott, of Little 
Horsted,*' and my son-in-law and nephew, Charles 
Langford, in trust for my brother, Michael Warden. 
The models of ships and all the books of my uncle, and 
also his naval coUection of papers, and aU the family 
pictures that shall be in my mansion house, called 
CHickfield Place (except the picture of my uncle in the 
parlour, which I give to my sister Prudence) shall be 
deemed heirlooms. I remit to Mr. James Norden, my 
steward, all the sums of money paid for him. All my 
messuages, lands, &c., purchased by me in Cuckfield and 
lying near the town of Lewes, &e., to Anthony Nott 
and Charles Langford in trust to sell for the best price 
that can be gotten, the money to be placed out in public 
funds and the interest to go to Anne Langford and 
Prudence Nott. To Charles Langford £2,000, and my 
niece, Jane Nott, £1,500; Mr. John Corker £100; to the 
poor of Cuckfield not receiving alms, £100; to my 
sister, Prudence, the embroidered bed in the best bed- 
chamber; to Charles Langford my best gold-headed 
cane ; to Jane Nott the furniture in my house at Cheam, 
in Surrey, and the portrait of me^ and silver canisters. 
The clock standing in the building called the clock 
house, &c.,^® to such person as shall be entitled to 
possession under the aforesaid settlement; the jewels, 

Slate and deer in the park to my Trustees." Proved 2ncl 
anuary, 1767. 

Michael Warden®® was 56 when he succeeded his 
brother and not in good health, to judge from his 

w ** Mrs. Mary Sergison buried April 6, 1750." Cuckf. Eieg, 
*7 Married Prudence Warden, the testator's youngest sister. 
•3 There is a portrait of him in the dining room at Cuckfield Park. On the 
walking stick is the election cry — ** Liberty, equality and no excise." 
w Engraved in S.A.C, Vol. XXV. 
w ** 1710. June 26. Michael y« son of Thos. and Prudence Warden baptised." 



CUCKFIELD families: THE WARDENS. 99 

account of himself in the following letter to the Duke of 
Newcastle, dated January 31st, 1767: — ^^ 

My Lord Duke, — I have the honour of your Grace's commands and 
shall be ready to give a proof of my gratitude for past favors in giving 
my attendance and interest with your grace's friends. But at present 
I am greatly distressed to hear the small pox is broken out at the 
White Hart in Lewes, and am sorry to inform your grace of my 
indisposition since my brother's death, and tho' thank God I am 
growing better® it will be dangerous to undertake a journey at this 
season, as I shall send my son-in-law M' Jefferson and my neighbours 
to testify my and their approbation of your grace's nomination of 
Lord George Lennox® to succeed our late worthy deceased member. 

Your most obed* servant, 

Mich. Sergison. 

He died in 1784,^* leaving a will dated October, 1782, 
which left everything to his only surviving child Ann, 
wife of Francis Jeflferson. He took the name of Sergison 
at his brother's death, and from him the present owner of 
Cuckfield and Slaugham is descended. It is necessary, 
in order to complete the history of the Wardens, to 
supply some notices of the other children of Thomas and 
Prudence, viz., John, Anne, Mary and Prudence. 

John's monument at Cuckfield states that ^^he was 
bred up in the service of His Majesty's Navy, and 
intermarried with Anne widow of John Madgwicke." ^^ 
Her tombstone (now lost) adds that '^ she was the 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ives of Westup," 
and died February, 1781, aged 81 years. They had 

61 British Museum, Add. MSS., 32,779, f. 417. 

*2 His irreverent niece, in her poetical account of a picnic at Slaugham, " that 
ancient seat in ruins venerably great," sings — 

" But uncle Mich, though very sober, 
Had got a pot of rare October." SA.C.y Vol. XIV., p. 267. 

®* Lord G. H. Lennox, of West Stoke, elected February, 1767, vice John 
Butler, of Warminghurst, deceased, of whose sudden death and appearance 
after death a remarkable story is told in S.A.C., Vol. XIV., p. 13. 

6* " 1771. April. Sarah Sergison wife of Michael Sergison Esq'." " 1784. July 
28. Michael Sergison Esq' of Cuckfield Place, buried." Cuckf. Reg. "Proved 
16 Aug. 1784 by the oath of Ann Sergison, formerly Jefferson." P.C.C, Rock- 
ingham, 472. 

^ " 1702 May 15. Baptised John the son of Thom. and Prudence Warden 
bom May y« 9'^." " 1766. Oct. 29. John Warden Esq' buried." Cuckf. Reg. 
**1725. Feb. 17. M' John Madgwick and M" Ann Ives." "1734. Ap. 16. 
John Warden and M" Ann Magick of Cowfold." Chailey Reg. Burrell MS., 
5,698. 

H 2 



100 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

but one child, Thomas Sergison, who died in 1739,^^ 
when four years old. John's will,^'' proved by Michael 
Warden, the executor, December, 1766, directs that he 
should be buried near his ^' departed child Thomas 
Sergison Warden in a private but decent manner," and 
that a stone monument should be made in memory of 
^^ me and my child." He confirms his marriage settle- 
ment, whereby his wife Ann is secured a settled annuity 
of £50 out of a messuage in Leadenhall Street. [The 
King's Arms.] He leaves to his brother Michael '^ such 
of my plate as is engraven with my own arms and those 
of my wife ; my household goods, &c., to my wife, 
except two pictures for Mr. John Ingram of Chailey, all 
my books after my wife's decease to my nephew, Charles 
Langford of Cuckfield, and all the pictures of the 
Warden family to my brother Michael." Witnesses, 
J. A. Waller, Henry Dungate. 

Anne, the eldest child, born 1696,^® married Francis 
Langford, of The Hooke, Chailey, and had two sons 
who died young. 

Maey, the second sister, born January, 1699, married, in 
1723, the curate of Cuckfield, James Ingram.^* She left 
three sons who died unmarried, dying herself at the birth 
of the youngest.''® Her monument at Cuckfield has this 
inscription : — 

Near this place lieth Mary wife of James Ingram CI. A. M. (some 
time of this Parish and afterwards Rector of Sedlescomb) who was 

^ ** 1739. June. Thomas Sergison Warden, gent., buried." 

67 P.C.C, TyndaU, f. 474. 

68 " 1696. March 3. Baptised Ann daughter of M' Thomas Warden and 
Prudence his wife, bom also March 3." Cuckf. Reg. Francis Langford, son of 
Francis, baptised at Chailey, November, 1697. 

69 t* 1722. March 26. James Ingram and Mary Warden." Cuckf. Reg. 

70 ** 1726. May. M" Mary Ingram wife of M"^ James Ingram Cler. buried." 
The godparents of Thomas were William, Lord Abergavenny, Thomas Warden 
and Mrs. Miller ; those of Arthur, Arthur Lord Irwin, Richard Payne (M.P. for 
Lewes, 1705) and Mrs. Warden ; those of Charles, Charles Sergison, Dr. Lyddell 
(of Ardingly) and the Dowager Lady Irwin. Henry Ingram, of Temple Newsam, 
Yorks, bom 1616, was created Lord Ingram, Viscoimt Irvine, in the Peerage of 
Scotland. The third Viscount married Isabel, daughter and heiress of John 
Machell, of Hills Place and M.P. for Horsham 1681-98. Thomas was sent to 
London at 17 to Mr. Nott*s office in Boswell Court, thence to the Middle Temple. 
After he was called to the bar he went to live at East Grinstead, but died of 
consumption in lodgings at Kensington. 



dtJCKFiELD families: the wardeks. 



2°'' daughter of TiicTmii^ ^ariieru^jid^5i^ii<ieiie© his wife the niece to 
Charles Sergieon ^rJOUokfid^ ^l^ee ^k\l^^ ^hb de parf (^ ^liT^ liSj Ajfil 
20^"^ 1726 aged 26" years.' AUiS Thoinii.^ In^am tlietrrttldBat ioJl '^viioV 
died June 2t5 1751 aged 28, Also m memory of Arthur Ingram' 
their 2""^ eon who died Dea 15 1748 nged 22 years and was huriod iu 
the Temple Church in Loudou. Also here lieth Charles Ingram their 
youngest son who died May 1727 aged H months. John and James 
Ingram sons of the above named James Ingram by hia second wife 
caused this monument to be erected. 

This James Ingi^am was the fifth son of John Ingram 
and Elizabeth Pigeon and was born at Chips tead, of which 
his father was rector in 1692. He took his degree from 
Jesus College, Cambridge, and was ordained priest March, 
171 6j by Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Winchester; 
appointed master of the Cuckfield Grammar School March 
10th, 1718 ;''* and shortly after curate of Cuckfield to Daniel 
Walter^ and chaplain to Richard Viscount Irwin.'^^ He 
was vicar of Oving in 1725, and rector of Seddlescombe 
and Westfield in 1746. His second wife was Ann 
Heasman,''^ of Cuckfield; they had three sons — John, 
born 1734j married Elizabeth Willard, of Ovingdeanj 
and died at Chailey 1803 s.p-; James, born 1735, married 
in 1774 EHzabeth d, and h. of William Ridge, of Rotting- 
deacj she died 1849, aged 101, and left no children, 
Mr. Ingram died at Seddlescombe September, 1757, 
aged 64, His widow survived him 29 years and was 
buried by his side in 1786. The Ingram coat of arms 
is Erm, on a fesse, gu,y three escallops, o?\^* 

Prudence, the youngest of Thomas Warden's daughterSj 
born 1713,'^ married 1735 Anthony Nottj of Little Horsted 
and St. Clement's Danes, to whom the manor and 
advowson of Horsted had been sold by Charles Beard, 
of Rottiugdean, He presented to the Rectory in 1741, 

'1 His sermoTL preached at Bolney ou the deiith of Queen Anae while still a 
deAcoii is extant. S.A.C.f Vol, XVI II., p. 153. 

'^ Son of laahol MiicheE, Mr, Tiigrsim was afterwards chaplaiii t-o the tlxree 
hrotheis who succn^teded to the Viscomity. 

'» *' 173;i. Tha Rev. James Ingram, & M™ Ann Heasman both, at Cuckfield 
uiarried April 5*'».'' ChaUej Regi^stor. Bee S.A.C, VoL XVIII., p. 160. 
Bcniaid Heasman was (churchwarden of Cuckfield 1721-3. 

'* Rf any of the above particulars have been kindly contributed bj Miss Florence 
Ingram, wlio possesses a series of interesting letters and diaries of Mr. James Ingram. 

'J^'^1113. Prudence daughter of Thomas k Pmdonce Warden baptised 
Au^j. IG." Cuckf. Reg. 



102 CUCKFlELD t^AMILlES: THE WARDENS. 

apd in .17.84^ he gay£ thj&.U^Tic^ to Afilohy Nott, LL.B. 
/'HiQ''f«pllQ\?mg ii^ on abfa^ \)lkte in the chancel 

• ^accuralely copied from the original stone, which is 

preserved in the belfry : 

111 memory of Antony Nott Esq. Patron of the Rectory, and Lord of 
the manor, who died in the faith of Christ June mdccxci in his lxxxvi'** 
year. He married April xiii. mdccxxxv Prudence Warden great niece of 
Chas. Sergison Esq' of Cuckfield Place for whom a monument is erected 
in that church. She died Nov. mdcclxxxvi in her lxxiv'** year, and is 
here interred. 

Of Charles Sergison much that is interesting is related 
in S.A.C.j Vol. XXV., p. 62, and a pedigree of his family, 
to which I would refer the readers of this paper, is given. 
He was born in 1 654, and from the references in his will 
to his relatives in Stainmore Dale, Westmoreland, it is 
probable that his family belonged to that county. He 
obtained a clerkship in one of the dockyards at the age 
of 17 and rose to be a ^^Commissioner of the Navy." 
When but 22 he married, at St. Olave's, Hart Street (the 
parish church of the '' Navy Office" in Crutched Friars), 
Anne Crawley, "^^ daughter of one of his fellow clerks. He 
must have acquired considerable property, as in 1691, 
when only 37, he bought from Lady Anne Morton, of 
Slaugham, her share in the Manor of Cuckfield (the 
Stanley moiety, S.A.C., Vol. XLH., p. 52) and came to 
reside there. He was elected M.P. for Shoreham in 1698 
and again in 1700. He remained at his office in the 
Admiralty until he reached the limit age of 65, when he 
resigned, or, perhaps, was asked to resign, after nearly 
50 years' service.'^'' He died in 1732 and was buried at 
Cuckfield on December 5th. 

76 ** Charles Sargison of All Hallows, Barking, gent, bachelor about 22 & 
Anne Crawley of S<: Clave, Hart S' about 19 her father's consent alleged by 
George Sargison of All Hallows, Barking, citizen & Merchant Tayler, at S' 
Olave's 13 May 1676." London Marriage Licenses, 

77 In Dr. Homeck's History of the Old and New Testaments is an engraving by 
Van Hoven, *' contributed for the encouragement of this work " by MSiam Ann, 
wife of Charles Sergison, of Cuckfield Place, Clerk of the Acts of His Maj"«8 Royal 
Navy, 171 2, with the arms of Crawley — 3 storks, crest, a stork holding fleur de lys. 
S.A.C., Vol. XXVI., p. 273. In the Hst of subscribers to Walker's Sufferings of 
tlie Clergy y 1714, he is put down as *' Charles Sargison Esq. Commissioner of the 
Navy." It is evident that he was a person of great importance, from an entry in 
N. Luttrell's Diary, v. 175, under the year 1702, May 21, " 'Tis said Sir George 
Rooke, Sir David Mitchell, Col. Churchill & Chas. Sergison are to manage the 
affairs of the Admiralty under the prince of Denmark." 



CUCKFIELD families: THE WARDENS. 103 

His will/® made April, 1732, directs "my body to be 
decently interred in my burying place in the Chauncell 
of the Parish Church ; as for my funeral I appoint £300 
to be laid out therein and no more. I appoint £200 
more to be layd out in such a monument*^® for me as my 
executors shall think fit to be set up on the north side of 
the chauncell within 12 months after my decease. To 
the sisters of my late wife Elizabeth and Margaret 
Crawley £100, to her niece Ann late wife of Sprigg 
Manisty Esq' deceased £500, to her nephew John 
Manisty £100 and Charles (my godson) £200 : to my 
[great] nephew John Warden son of my niece Prudence 
deceased, a messuage in Leaden Hall, commonly known 
by the sign of the King's Arms. To my niece Ann 
widow of Francis Langford deceased, and daughter of 
my niece Prudence Warden, all my copyholds in Chailey 
which I hold of the Manor of Warmingors and £3000 to 
be laid out in land: to Thomas and Arthur Ingram 
sons of my late niece Mary Ingram deceased £4000 to be 
equally divided on their coming of age — the interest to 
be spent on their maintenance and education: to the 
children of Prudence Warden — Michael £5000, Jane 
£4000, Prudence Nott £1000: to the children of my 
niece Ann Barland deceased £1000, to my niece Mary 
Page near Darlington £500 : to the children of my late 
nephew Thomas Brunskill of Stainmore Dale®^ in 
Westmoreland £500: to my grand niece Eleanor 

78 P.C.C, Bedford, f. 296. 

79 1734. June 9th. Stapley's Diary, preserved at Hickstead Place, says : " There 
was held a vestrie meeting at CucMeld Church by M' Sergison concerning the 
setting up a monument in the chancell on the north wall — ^The Vicar [Daniel 
Walter] opposing him. But the vestrie gave itt that itt should be erected & sett 
up." See S.A.C.y Vol. XXIII., p. 68. The Faculty states that it was applied 
for by Thomas Sergison, and the application was supported by ** Francis Warden, 
gent., Thomas Ives, Richard Burt, John Kelsey, & Thomas Sergison, several of the 
Impropriators of the parish church, & by the churchwardens James Burt & John 
Kelsey, & upwards of fourscore of the principal parishioners." The Vicar did 
** some time litigate and contend with Thomas Sergison," but the Faculty was 
granted on the condition that the monument be raised so much above the ground 
that Archdeacon Henshaw's monument should not be hidden. For the inscrip- 
tion see S.A.C., Vol. XXV. 

^ * * Ellinor Bnmskill of Stainmore Dale widow deceased sister of the said Charles 
Sergison." 6 Geo. II., cap. 18. ** George Sargison, of Allhallows, London, by his 
Will, dated 1678, leaves his lands in the parish of Brough under Stainmore to his 
daughter Ami Hagarstal, and lands in the parish of Kirby Stevens to Bousfleld. 
In the presence of Chas. Sergison." P.C.C, King, f. 37. 



104 cucKFiELD families: the wardens. 

Maugham £200: to Jonathan Edwards of Stainmore 
Dale £200 : to Samuel Percival my clerk £1000, and his 
wife £700 : to Mr. Thos Stephens, scrivener £300 : to the 
poor of St. Olave Hart St. and Cuckfield, each £100 : to 
the ministers of St. Olave and Cuckfield £10 each for 
mourning : to Christ's Hospital £100." Thos. Warden 
to be executor — he is ^^ to build one new capital messuage 
on the same ground as the old one now standeth at 
Cuckfield, of 5 or 6 rooms on a floor, the kitchen and all 
offices to be below, and 1 or 2 rooms to be applied to the 
accommodation of my Models and Books which shall be 
handsomely placed therein." 

This paper is greatly indebted to the kindness of Capt. 
Sergison, of Cuckfield Park, who supplied much of the 
information it contains, and also to the researches of 
W. C. Renshaw, Esq., K.C. 



INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 
CRYPT OF ST. CLEMENT'S 

AND IN THE 

CROFT CHAPEi; & BURIAL GROUND, HASTINGS. 



Transcribed by ALFEED EIDLEY BAX, F.S.A. 



I. 

INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND CRYPT OF 
ST. CLEMENT'S, HASTINGS. 



[If any reason is needed for hastening to preserve these inscriptions 
it IS found in the fact that many words readable in August, 1890, when 
they were noted, are now illegible. This is especially the case with 
the headstones on the Hillside. 

Through the courtesy of the Rev. Prebendary H. B. Foyster, M.A., 
vicar, and with the kind assistance of his son, the Eev. H. C. B. Foyster, 
M.A., I am able to *^ check " and amplify some of the inscriptions by 
extracts from the Burial Register.] 



1. H.8. (laid flat, all Roman caps.): ** Sacred to the memory of 
Edward Taught^ died 27 March 1759 Aged 41 years Also Prince his 
son died 30 June 1759 Aged 5 months Sarah Phillips* daughter of 
the above Edward Taught died 24 April 1834 Aged 77 years." 

2. H.S. (laid flat, Roman caps.) : " Sacred to the memory of James 
Roper** who died 25 of July 1851 Aged 67 years Also Jemima wife 
of the above who died 12 of October 1818 Aged 30 years Also Mary 
Ann second wife of the above who died 6'*» of April 1849 Aged 52 
years." 

3. A coffin-shaped stone, laid flat against the wall, without inscrip- 
tion. 

1 St. Clement's Burial Register. " 30th March, 1759. Edward Taught, of the 
Castle parish.'' **July 3rd, 1759. Prince, son of Edward Taught, dec<*, and 
Alice his wife." 

« ** 1834. Sarah PhiUips, St. Clement's, May 2nd— 77." 

2» In the Register. **1851. James Roper, St. Mary in the Castle, July 
28th— 67." ** Jemima Roper, St. Clement's, Oct. 11th, 1818 — 30 years." 
'* 1849. Mary Ann Roper, St. Clement's, April 11th— 52 years." 



106 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

4. Large flat stone, with bevelled edge ; no inscription. 

5. H.S. to rounded body stone ; inscription much worn ; apparently 
only poetry. 

6. Flat stone, cracked in half ;• perhaps ** Sacred to the memory of 
. . . French." 

A series of flat stones against wall : 

7. Some marked "EK. 1819." ^«L.J.V.D. 1814." "J.T. 1832." 
**A.T. 1832." **M.P. (or B.) 1831." "M.H. 1821." ^*S.S. 1811." 
"S.P. 1801." ^*J.P. 1800." ^*M.T. 1831." **J.T. 1812." "SE.E. 
1843." ** J.E. 1845." -^H.E. 1851." **J.W. 1811." "G.S. 1810." 
*^K.G. 1788." **W.L 1730." *'J. (or T.) I. 1742." 

8. H.S. (flat) : " Sarah Phillips daughter of John & Sarah PhUlips 
died Feb 23. 1801 Aged 24 years Isaac Phillips son of John and 
Sarah Phillips Died April 9'^ 1800 Aged 7 months." 

9. H.S. (flat) : " Sacred to the memory of Eleanor wife of George 
Knight who departed this Life Nov"^ 28'*^ 1819 Aged 31 years Also 
Susan second wife of the above who departed this Life Jan^ 2°** 1840 
Aged 45 years." 

10. High tomb, surrounded by tall railings (on top, all Roman 
caps.) : ** Sacred to the memory of Mary the wife of George Strickland* 
died 21"' January 1847 Aged 74 years Also of the above named 
George Strickland died 1*^ April 1859 Aged 78 years 

" The year rolls round and steals away 
The breath that first it gave, 
Whatever we do, whatever we be 
We'er travelling to the grave." 

11. High tomb (top of Sussex marble (?), inscribed on the top): 
"M.O. 1829. W.C. 1853. M.O. 1853." On the East side of the 
same tomb (all Roman caps.) : "In memory of Mary the wife of 
Walter Crouch* who died August 2 1"' 1 829 Aged 64 years Also Walter 
Crouch Husband of the above, 14 years a Jurat of the Corporation of 
this Town and Port who died 2°'* April 1853." On the South side: 
"Mary, Daughter of Thomas and Mary Crouch died November 11'** 
1853 in her 82°^ year." 

12. H.S. (flat, Eoman caps.): "In memory of Benjamin Coffrett 
who died Nov 13. 1851 Aged 83 years. Also, Sarah his wife who 
died Nov"^ V (?4*^) 1842 Aged 42 years." 

13. Flat stone in path : " Sacred to the memory of George Burchatt* 
who departed this Life July . . . 1818 Aged 68 years . . . 
Sarah wife of George Burchatt (?)..." 

14. Stone in path: "G.W. 1827." 

A stone built into side wall, with date " 1663," probably part of the 
original structure. 

8 " 1847. Mary Strickland, of St. Clement's, January 29tli— 74 years." 

* ** 1829. Mrs. Mary Crouch, St. Clement's, 27tli August— 64 years." " 1853. 

Walter Crouch, St. Clement's, April 9th— 88 years." ** 1853. Mary Crouch, St. 

Clement's, Nov. 18th— 81 years." 
« " George Burchatt, St. Clement's, 6th July, 1818 [aged] 68." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 107 

15. H.S.: "In memory of Sarah Eleanor the wife of Daniel Reilly 
who died the 28 Feb 1843 Aged 33 years Also James son of the 
above who died 26 June 1845 Aged 2 years." 

16. Flat stone, cracked and much weathered: ** Smithson" (?). 
16a. Flat stone, inscription hopelessly obliterated. 

17. Flat stone (Eoman caps.): *^ Sacred to the memory of Nancy 
wife of Thomas Bourne who died January 29. 1835 Aged 68 years." 
(Some lines of poetry or Scripture obliterated.) " Also Margaret wife 
of John Hooker and daughter of the above who died April 17 18|4 (?) 
Aged 32 years." 

18. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of . . . Daughter of . . ." 

19. Flat stone (rough cherub^s head above) : ** In memory of John 
the Son of John and P . . . who died y® . . . Aged ... 11 
weeks . . . days." (Seven lines of poetry.) 

20. Flat stone: "Sacred to the Memory of William Mose son of 
Jonathan and Sarah Mose who departed this Life In S' Bartholomew's 
Hospital November 24 1824 Aged 19 years." 

21. Flat stone: **In Memory of Eebecca (?) the Wife of EoV 
Pollard and Daughter of John . . . who Died the . . . 1762 
Here Lieth the Body of Eobert Pollard « He died Feb 1| 1791 Aged 
65 years." 

22. Flat stone; words can be deciphered "Aged 7 years." 

22a. Flat stone: ** William Charles Crofton*^ of . . . and Quarter 
master the First Eegiment of the Guards Born 18 December 1724 (?) 
Died June 1769 Aged 4| Years and 6 Months." 

23. H.S. (Eoman caps.) : " Sacred to the memory of Anne 
Bazlinton Born on December 31**' 1760 at Markby in Lincolnshire 
died at Hastings December 13 1846 Likewise Susannah Thatcher 
born at Dover . . . — 18 died at Hastings June 13 1833." 

24. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of James Tho . . . who 
died 9'** Dec . . . Aged 59 years . . . Master of the Free . . . 
years, also Anne widow of the above died 20'^ of Nov. 1852 aged 73 
years." 

25. Flat stone (roughly sculptured cherub's head above) : "In 
Memory of Sam. King^ who Departed this life Sep'' the 30 1732 
Aged 60 years Also Mary his wife Died May the 1 1759 Aged 71 
years." 

26. Flat stone; scull and book above (?) ; inscription hopelessly 
obliterated. 

27. Flat stone, indecipherable. 

« " 1791. Feb. 20th. Robert Pollard.'* 

«» " y« 20th June, 1769. Bur. Mr. William Charles Crofton, Quarter-Master of 
Dragoons." 

7 " Oct. 2nd, 1732. Bur. Samuel King." 



108 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

28. Flat stone (all Roman caps.) : " Sacred to the Memory of John 
White who departed this life 23"^ February 1839 aged 52 years * Look 
upon mine affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins ' Psalm xxv. 
ver. 1." 

29. Flat stone (Roman caps.): "In memory of Sarah the wife of 
Stephen Stubberfield who died 30 April 1 804 (?) Aged 66 years." Two 
lines more. 

30. Flat stone (Roman caps.): *^ Sacred to the memory of Mary 
daughter of John and Maiy Tindall® who departed this life November 
10 1831. Aged 28(?) years, Also John Tindall who died September 
1842 Aged 61 years." 

31. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Jonathan Mose^ who 
departed this life ... of April 1803 Aged 81 years Also Sarah 
his wife who departed this life (?) the 20 of May 1809 (?) Aged 63 
years." 

32. Flat stone ; all that can be discerned is an hour glass on top. 

33. Flat stone : "In Memory of John Burchatt who Died Sep. the 
24 1759 Aged 33 years." 

34. Flat stone, indecipherable. 

35. Flat stone : " Jane White " (?). 

36. Flat stone : " Sacred to the memory of Mary wife of John 
Bayley^° sen' who died February 1837 Aged 67 years Also Henry 
youngest son of John and Mary Bayley who died . . . day . . . 
August 1828 Aged 24 years Also Thomas ... eld Bayley 

37. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of Charles Churchyard of 
Cornhill London who Died April 19'^ 1829 Aged 57 years." 

38. Flat stone, upper part obliterated; at lower part: "Also 
Sarah his wife She died Feb. 2 1821 Aged 62 years . . . Sarah 
Eleanor . . . Great grand daughter of the above said (?) Rob' 
and Mary died Feb. 23 . . . Aged 33 years." 

39. Flat stone, in upper part naked cherubs blowing trumpets : " Oct 
17 . . . Aged 81 (?) years Also Martha his wife who departed this 
life January 8, 1763 in the 67 year of her age." 

40. Flat stone: "Sacred to the Memory of Reuben Cramp who 
departed this life February 11, 1807 aged 46 years Also Eleanor 
his wife who departed this life August 28, 1835 aged 79 years." 

41. "To the memory of the Infant Daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
Cogger died a.d. 1833. 

** When the Archangels trumpet sounds, 
And souls to bodies join, 
Thousands will wish their stay below, 
Had been as short as thine.'' 

8 " Mary Tindall, St. Clement's, 16th Nov., 1831—28 (?) years." 
» ** Sarah Mose, St. Clement's, June 3rd, 1839— aged 63." 
10 «« Mary Bailey (sic), St. Clement's, February 24th, 1837—67 years." " Henry 
Bayly (sic), St. Qement's, 19th August, 1828—24 years." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 109 

42. Flat stone : " Sacred to the memory of Mary Relict of Hob' 
Pollard" who died 22 Oct 1824 Aged 88 years Also Martha Barry ^^ 
her Daughter who died January 1821 Aged 57 years." 

43. Flat stone (cherub's head and scull above) : ^* Here is Deposited (?) 
the Remains of John Brett ^*(?) who died March 1717 Aged 74 years 
Also Two Wives three Sons and two Daughters." 

44. Flat stone : ** Sacred to the memory of Eliza Olose,^* daughter (?) 
of Rev. H. J. Close who died 21 December 1842 Aged 58 years." 

Section on the right of the path leading to 8. Porch : 

45. Massive H.S. (upright, all Roman caps.) : " Sacred to the 
memory of Elizabeth Crooks died February 14 1846 Aged 82 years 
also William Crooks son of the above died March 30 1847 Aged 54 
years.' ' 

46. Low altar tomb, surrounded by high railings (on top, all 
capitals) : ^* Sacred to the memory of Hugh Penfold who died June 20 
1849 in the 46'^ year of his age Also Sarah his wife who died Nov' 
20 1851. Aged 44 years." 

47. Flat H.S. : *^ In memory of Mary the wife of George Lee^* Late 
of London who Departed this Life . . . 1786 Aged 4g years." 

48. Row of flat stones against the wall : 
J.G. H.B. T.A.B. E.C. D.S. 
1749. 1828. 1829. 1821. 1817. 

M.A. 
J.G. S.R. 1846. 

1831. 1792. W.B. 

J.K. 1854. 

1832. 

49. H.S. (upright) : " Sacred to the memory of Mary (?) the wife 
of John Russell" who departed this life November 28'^ 1829 Aged 42 
years. * Blessed &c.' Also of the said John Russell who died I*** 
January 1850 Aged 70 years." Foot stone : " M.R. 1829. J.R. 1850." 

50. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Maria Ann Russell 
Died 7'^ Dec' 1831 Aged 14 years and nine months Also Esther 
Rebecca Russell Born August 13'^ 1823 Died December 21 1848." 

51. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of James Hutchinson" 
Died Feb. 20 1777 Aged 80 years also Elizabeth Curtis his wife died 
December . . . Aged . . . years also Susannah Hutchinson . . . 
died Decern ... 183 . . Aged . . . years." 

52. Flat stone, all that is discernible : "William ... 177 . ." 

" "Mary Pollard, St. Clement's, Oct. 26th, 1824—88 years." 

12 << Martha Barry, St. Clement's, 5th Jan., 1821—57 years." 

18 " 1717. April 11th. Buried John Brett of the Castle Parish." 

" "Eliza Close, St. Clement's, Dec. 27th, 1842—58 years." 

" ** 1786. 6th Jan. Mary Lee " [no age given]. 

" "Mary Russell, St. Clement's, Dec. 7th, 1829—42 years." 

17 a 177Y Yeh. 25th. James Hutchinson, aged 80." 



J.E. 


J.O. 


P.P. 


1851. 


1820 


1817. 


J.E. 


(or 26). 




1818. 






M.A.R. 






1849. 







110 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

53. Flat stone : "In memory of Eichard Eoffe He Died November 
lO*** 1771 (?) Aged 70 (?) years." 

54. Flat stone : "In memory of . . . Second wife . . . Eichard 
Eoffe She died . . . Aged 62 years." 

55. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Joseph Gawen^® who 
died SO'** March 1807. Aged42years" (Fourlines of poetry.) "Also 
Ann his wife who Died 3 ... 18 .. 8 (?) Aged 64 (?) years." 

56. Flat stone ; cherub's head, trumpets, open book ; all inscription 
gone. 

57. Flat stone : "In memory of Eobert Pollard^^ Sen' Gent (?) died 
April 17 . . . Aged . . . Years Also . . ." (Eest gone.) 

58. Flat stone : " Sacred to the memory of James Eyall died the 
10*** of June 1846 Aged 80 years Also Sarah his wife died Feb^. 17 
1852 Aged 77 years Also two daughters of the above, Mary Ann, died 
Feby. 5. 1800 Aged 13 months, Caroline died June 28. 1821 Aged 11 
years." 

59. Flat stone (all caps.) : " To the memory of Elizabeth Ohatfield 
wife of William Breach who died April 3'** 1821 Aged 46 years Also 
of Mary Archibald his second wife who died April 17. 1846 Aged 61 
years — *The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want' Psalms xxiij 
verse 1. * The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him and He 
will shew them His covenant.' Psalm xxv ver. 14. Also of the above 
William Breach*^ who died December 3 1854 Aged 80 years." 

60. Flat stone, ornamented at top by a pattern like twisted rope 
and a small shield of arms (?) : "In memory of Jane (or James) 
. . . John Eogerson." 

61. Flat stone: "Here lie the three Daughters of John and Ann 
Qrayll, Abigel, Ann & Elizabeth Abigel died March the vi. 1736 
Aged . . . years. . . ." (Four lines of poetry.) 

62. Flat stone (cherub's head above) : "In memory" all that can 
be discerned. 

63. Flat stone ; circle in centre ; inscription gone. 

64. Flat stone : "In memory of Lydia Sisley^ wife of William 
Sisley who departed this Life Nov 16 1842 Aged 60 years. Also 
William Sisley who departed this life March . . . 1823 Aged 81 
years." 

65. Flat stone (two cherubs' heads) : " In memory of Ann the wife of 
W^Markwick** who departed this Life the . . . of Sep' 1777 Aged 26 
years." 

66. Flat stone : " Henry Crutch ley (?) 1826." 

18**1807. April 3rd. Joseph Gowen." 

" In the Burial Register. *a782. May4tli. Robert Pollard, aged 81." Query 
whether the person commemorated. 

20 «« William Breach, St. Clement's, Dec. 11th, 1854, aged 80 years." 

21 ay^m Sisley from Battle, March 19th, 1823—81 years." 
*» " 1777. Sept. 18th. Ann, wife of William Markwick." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. Ill 

67. Flat stone fall words decipherable): . . . **Kerby" . . . 
" Mary his wife." 

68. Flat stone : " In Memoiy of Hannah French who died Jan 8 
1767 Aged 45 years." 

69. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of James Gawen who 
departed this life . . . Also James Kerby . . . April 1832 Aged 
78 years." 

70. Flat stone: "Here L'eth the Body of Thomas Evernden** who 
Departed this . . . July the 25 Anno 1702 Aged 53 years." 

71. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Daniel Smith** who 
departed this life June 9 1847 Aged 23 years." (Two lines of poetry.) 

72. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Philadelphia Penfold 
Born 1 October 1770 died! the 2g of March 1817." 

73. Flat stone, with " E.E." cut in large letters. 

74. Flat stone : " Sacred to the memory of William Kitchiner- 
Robins** who died June 18 (?) 1828 Aged 7 . . years. *Thy will be 
done.' " 

Stones East of Chancel. 

75. H.S. : " Sacred to the memory of James Newton Esq'* of 
Walton on Thames who died on the 30'*» of Octr. 1835 Aged 25 years 
*God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that 
whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting 
Hfe.' S' John ch III. v. 16." 

76. H.S. : "Sacred to the memory of John Burdett died 24'*» of 
Feby 1832 Aged 26 years. 

** Weep not for me my friends most dear 
Nor drop for me a single tear 
It was the Lord's appointed time 
To take me hence tho* in my prime 
All you who come my grave to see 
Remember death and follow me." 

77. Double H.S. : 

In In 



Memory of 

BETTY Wife of 

SOLOMON 

BEVELL*» 

She died May 

20'»» 1758. 



Memory of 

SOLOMON 

BEVILL 

He died M 

23. 1738 

Aged 37 Years. 

Footstone near marked "L.B." 

78. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of Lydia wife of Solomon 
Bevill^^ who died April 11, 1823 Aged 75 years Also of the said 
Solomon Bevill who died July 10, 1834 in his Eighty Third year.'* 

2»"1702. July 25th. Thomas Evemden." 

a* " 1847. June 12th. Daniel Smith, St. Clement's— 23 years." 

25 " 1828. WiUiam Robins, St. aement's, 25th June— 7J years." 

26 *' 1758. May 24th. Betty the wife of Solomon Bevllle." 

^ ** Lydia Beville, St. Clement's, 21st April, 1823—75 years." "Solomon 
BevU, St. aement's, July 15th, 1834, aged 83." 



112 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

79. H.S. : "Sacred to the Memory of William Winter^ who 
departed this life . . . Oct . . . 1804 . . . Also Ann his wife, 
who departed this life Oct 28, 1810 Aged 54 years." 

80. Foot stones in the 8.E. corner of Churchyard : 

1790 M.J. S.M. 183f. E.A.E. W.W. Eound a 
A.S. 1830 I.S. 1850. 1847. 1833. circle 
17-2. S.W. H.M. 

1828. 1817. 

81. Flat stone: ** Sacred to the memory of Sarah wife of James 
Mann who departed this life July 7 1835 Aged 48 years." (5J lines of 
poetry.) 

82. Flat stone : "... memory of John Glad wish ^ who departed 
this Life October 27"» 1797 Aged |1 years. 

" With Pain . . . Physicians were in vain. 
Till God was pleas'd for to release And ease me of my pain." 

83. Flat stone: "John Jordan . . . died . . . Aged 7 1 years." 
Verse from Job, chap. iii. (?) verse 1 . 

84. Flat stone; words ** Aged 56 years" alone decipherable. 

85. Flat stone : " Sacred to the memory of William Willis who died 
July . . . Aged 80 years Also of Sarah wife of the above who 
died Dec 5*^ 182| Aged 31 years." 

86. Flat stone: "E.A.E., Daughter of 0. Eoach*° Granddaughter 
of B. E. Stag died 29*»» May 1847 aged 15. *For wo walk by faith 
not by sight.' II. Cor. v. 7." 

87. H.S. (all Eoman caps.) : ** Sacred to the memory of Mary Ann 
the beloved wife of Will. Ginner born Sep 2"'* 1806 died July 28'*» 
1847 Also Charles Peter son of the above born Jan 29'*» 1836 died 
October 9'^ 1852." Foot stone: " M.A.G. 1847. C.P.G. 1852." 

88. Flat stone: "Sacred to the memory of William Ranger died 
Dec"^ 21 1846 aged 45 years." 

89. Flat stone (all caps.) : " In memory of Charlotte daughter of 
William and Harriet Ranger died 14*** December 1821 aged two years 
and one month. Also Eliza daughter of the above died 5*** March 1824 
aged four months * But Jesus said, suffer little children and forbid 
them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of heaven.' Also, 
William Ranger son of the above died 26*** November 1838 Aged eight 
years six months ^The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away 
Blessed be the name of the Lord.' " 

90. Flat stone: *^ In Memory of two Daughters of John and Susann 
Crouch Mary died . . . Aged . . . years and ..." 

91. Thick H.S., by the N. walls (all caps.): ** Sacred to the 
Memory of Sarah Hutchinson died June 15 1830 aged 56 years also 
Susannah Hutchinson died April 11 1838 aged 68 years." 

M « 12th Nov., 1810, Ann Winter" [no age]. 

» " 1797. 31st October. Gladwisli John." 

80 " Eleanor Ann Roach, June Ist, 1847—15 years." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 113 

Stones on the N. side of Churchyard (locked section). 

92. H.S. : "In memory of James son of James and Jane Tebay" 
who Died May the 6^^ 1791 Aged 3 (?) years." 

93. H.S. : "In Memory of Mary Cochran who died January 17 
1808 Aged 85 years." 

94. H.S. : " In Memory of John son of John & Elizabeth Woodroffe 
died Septr. 20'*» 1806 Aged 36 years Also Mary their Daughter who 
died 18'»» Sept' 1832 Aged 62 years." 

95. H.S. : "In y« Memory of John Woodroffe Died Nov' 19«» 1801 
Age** 70 Years Also Elizabe'** Woodroffe wife of John Woodroffe 
Died Jany 22°* 1803 Aged 69 years." 

96. Flat stone : " In Memory of Hen B . . . who departed . . . 
of Nov' 1 17 . . 4 Ag. . . 41 (?) years Also Jane his wife who 
departed this Life the 11 of J . . . 60 Aged . . . Near this Place 
lies . . . B.A." 

97. Flat stone: "In Memory of Ann Tutt wife of William Tutt 
She died Feb . . . 1793 Aged 32 years *My Turn was come' 
Also Sarah his second wife . . . died Decem." 

98. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of M" Mary GKbbs'^ who 
departed this Life . . . 1816 Aged 81 years." 

99. H.S. : "Sacred to the Memory of Molly the wife of Thomas 
Thwaites who departed this Life June 14'** 1813 Aged 46 years 

" Dearest Husband, Children, Friends farewell 
May this plain stone sincere Affection teU 
Through Life was virtue my delight and pride 
My Death be your Example and your Guide. 
"Also Thomas Thwaites Died Oct 25^^ 1844 Aged 79 years *Thou 
shalt come to thy Grave in a full age like a shock of com cometh in 
his season ' Job v. chap. v. 26." 

100. H.S. (all caps.) : " In memory of John Dungate who died June 
15^^ 1788 Aged 67 years Also Elizabeth his wife who died July 29*** 
1805 Aged 78 years Also Stephen Thwaites who died June 28«» 1854 
Aged 41 years." 

101. Flat stone, in front of the foregoing: "In memory of Mary 
the wife of Edw : Corn well who departed this Life Sep' 7"* 1789 Aged 
48 years." 

101a. Flat stone: No inscription. 

102. H.S. (all caps.): "Sacred to the memory of James Standen 
who departed this Life 27'*» of October 1832 Aged 36 years * Afflictions 
sore &c.' " Foot stone : " J.S. 1832." 

103. H.S. : "In memory of Mary Ann Foord Daughter of William 
& Fanny Knight who departed this Life Jan'^. 6'*». 1833 Aged 37 years 
Also near this Place Heth William Knight who departed this Life 
May 24'** 1824 Aged 63 years Also Fanny wife of William Knight 
who departed this life Jan^ 15. 1837 {sic) Aged 68 years." 

" ** 1791. May 9th. Tebay. James, son of James & Ann." 
82 " Mary Gibbs, St. Qement's, Feb. 7th, 1816—83 years." 
XLIX. I 



114 INSCEIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

104. H.S. : " Sacred to the memory of George Wheeler who departed 
this life the 22"* Jan^ 1833 Aged 73 years Also near this spot lieth 
Elizabeth his wife who departed this life 27'** March 1808 Aged 43 
years Also 4 sons and 5 daughters of George and . . . Elizabeth 
Wheeler." 

Back of 104 (all caps.) : **In memory of three children of John & 
Sarah Wheeler,'" Confectioners namely Thomas Brester Wheeler died 
April 16 1839. Aged 8 months Emily Elizabeth Wheeler May 6'^ 1839 
Aged 2 years & 10 months Sarah Ann Wheeler died June If 1839 
Aged 5 years." 

105. Stone marked *'I.W. E.W." 

106. H.S. : **In memory of John Pumphrey who died January 11. 
1846 Aged 28 years." 

107. H.S. (all caps.) : ** In memory of William Wood of Hastings 
builder died August 3'* 1825 Aged 47 years and Ann his wife died 
September 25**" 1856 Aged 73 years Also Charlotte daughter of the 
above died January 1*' 1822 aged 15 months Leaving surviving three 
sons and four daughters. J. T. Tutt. Mason.'* 

108. H.S. : ** In Memory of Michael Inskipp who departed this life 
May 23"* 1802 Aged 63 years Also Sarah wife of the above Michael 
Inskipp who departed this life Sep" 4'*» 1806 Aged 63 years." 

109. H.S., wheel (?) above : **In memory of Step : Sargent :^ Late 
Lieutenant of his Majesty's Eoyal Navy who departed this Life Dec' 
the 21 1776 aged 38 years." 

110. H.S. (all caps.) : '/Sacred to the memory of George Eobinson 
died May 15'*» 1837 aged 71 years. 

** We cannot tell who next may fall 
Beneath thy chastening rod. 
One must be first then let us all 
Prepare to meet our God. 

<* Also Elizabeth the wife of the above who died Feb 20 1850 aged 87 
years Also George Eobinson son of the above who died Dec* 5'^ 1842 
aged 18 years Also Jane Harman who died May 7'** 1851 aged 60 
years." 

111. H.S. : "In Memory of Ann the wife of Stephen J. . . . 
She died D . . . 178 . . Aged 26 (?) Years." 

112. H.S. (Hour-glass, open book): "In Memory of Tho' Sansum 
who Departed this Life October the l"* 1786 Aged 70 years." 

113. H.S: "Sacred To the Memory of Elizabeth Collins Daughter 
of George & Eliz Collins who Died March 29'^ 1830 Aged 23 years." 

114. H.S.: "In Memory of John Polhill who Departed this Life 
April 21t 1791 Aged 37 years." 

88 << Emily Elizabeth Wheeler, St. Clement's, May 16th, 1839—2 years & 10 
months.*' ** Sarah Anne Wheeler, St. Clement's, June 20th, 1839—5 years." 

8* **Dec. 26th, 1776. Stephen Sargent, lieut. in the Navy— Castle Par." 
Administration of the Goods of Stephen Sargent, late of the Parish of St. 
Mary in the Castle in the Town and Port of Hastings ... on half -pay was 
granted in P.C.C. to Elizabeth Sargent, his widow, 20th Feb., 1777. 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 116 

115. H.8. : **In Memory of William Markwick*^ Jun' who died 
Oct"^ 16*^^ 1790 Aged 53 years." 

116. H.8.: "Sacred To the Memory of Harriott the wife of 
William Eldridge who died Feb'y 11"* 1829 Aged 23 years 

" My time was come when God calVd me away 
Be kind to my two Babes now I am laid in clay." 

. 117. Foot stones: J. P. T.H. 1817 
1816 M.H. 1802 

118. H.S. : ** Sacred to the Memory of John Wheeler son of John 
and Sarah Wheeler who died 3'^** August 1825 Aged 3 weeks Sarah 
Ann Wheeler*** who died 13*^ January 1825 (?) Aged 2 years and 5 
months Sarah Ann Wheeler who died 22°** June 1830 Aged 4 years. 

** And when the happy hour is come For me to leave this clay 
Then take me to thy Heavenly home To reign in endless day." 

119. H.S. : ** In memory of Mary the wife of Eich* Tutt*^ who died 
Jany the2P' 1780 . . . years. (Sunk.) 

120. H.S. : ** Sacred to the memory of Thomas Poole who departed 
this life February the 10**" 1809 after a confinement of seventeen years 
to his Bed, in the 89*^ year of his age. Also John Fennings*^ son of 
Richard and Lucy Fennings who departed this life March the 29'** 
1811." (Sunk.) 

121. H.S. : **In Memory of Mary wife of Thomas Poole She died 
March 25*** 1782 Aged 63 years Near this Place lies . . . Sargent (?)." 
(Sunk.) 

122. H.S. : " Sacred to the Memory of Isabella wife of John Poole 
(late of North Shields) who departed this life 13*^ February 1824 
Aged 47 years." Foot stone : " I. P. 1824." 

123. H.S. : " Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Poole who departed 
this life at Bridge Castle Frant in the County of Sussex May the 
26*'* 1817 in the 61^' year of his age His Brotherly Love and Affection 
to the Widow and Fatherless rendered him universally esteemed and 
lamented. 

** Oh, may our hearts by thy example fir'd 
The same unerring path on earth pursue 
With ardent and by Heavenly faith mspired 
Attain the Eternal Crown to virtue due. 

"Also Lucy Fennings Sister of the Above Died November 29'*» 1837. 
Aged 80 years." 

124. H.S.: **A. P. 17§2." 

125. H.S.; the only word decipherable, ** Memory." 

126. H.S. : ** Sacred to the Memory of Joseph Petter (sic) who 
departed this life May 2"'* 1841 Aged 41 years." 

8* " 1790. 23rd October. Marquick, William, one of the jurats." 
«*» ** Sarah Ann Wheeler, St. Clement's, June 25th, 1830—4 years.** 
M " 1780. Jan. 25th. Ann, wife of Richd. Tutt— Ore." 
87 << April 2nd, 1811. Fennings, John ** [no age], 

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116 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

127. H.S. : " To the memory of Mary Page (late of Pimlico, London) 
who died 5"' Octr. 1839. Aged 67 years. — *I know that my Redeemer 
liveth.' Job xix. 25." 

128. H.S.: "W.L. M.L." 

129. H.S. (all caps.) : ** Sacred to the memory of Joseph Golding 
who departed this Hfe after a long and painfull illness 7'*^ December 
1844 Aged 53 years Also Ann . . . 'For other foundation can 
no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.' 1 Corinthians chap 
iii ver 1 1 . Also four children George, Mary Anne, Bartram and Robert 
who died in their infancy Also Ann Golding daughter of the above 
who departed this life 17*^ December 1852 aged 28 years." 

130. Foot stone to Wood : "W.W. 1825. A.W. 1856. O.W. 1822." 

Separate ground on the Hill ("Dog Kennel"). 

131. H.S. (all caps.) : " Sacred to the memory of William Love who 
departed this Life September 11'^ 1838 aged 55 years After a long 
and painful illness Also of Walter Love son of the above named 
William and Mary Love who departed this Life August 26*^ 1838 aged 
20 years." [Space. J " Also in the adjoining grave lie the remains of the 
above named Mary Love who departed this life September 20*^ 1856 
aged 74 years * I know that my Redeemer liveth.' " Apparently part 
of foot stone, loose: "M.L. 1856." 

132. H.S. : ** Sacred to the memory of Eliza daughter of William 
and Mary Love who departed this Life Sept"^ 19*^ 1829 in the 19*^ year 
of her Age." 

133. High tomb, railed — on top (all Roman caps.) : "Beneath this 
tomb are deposited the remains of Priscilla the wife of Thomas Brown 
who died February 27. 1851 Aged 67 years." 

134. H.S.(all caps.) : " Sacred to the memory of Capt. James Holmes 
died July 23''^ 1851 Aged 75 years." Foot stone : " J.H. 1851." 

135. H.S. : " . . . James the eldest son of Michael & Sarah 
Irish (?) of Lants (Lents) in this County (?) ob. 21 December 18 . . 5 
-^t . . . years." 

136. H.S. (all Roman caps.): ** Sacred to the Memory of Mary 
Martha relict of Stephen White of this parish who died 2°** June 
1850 in the 78'^ year of her age." 

137. H.S. (Roman caps.) : " Sacred to the memory of George Baker 
of London who whilst seeking here a renovation of health found a 
grave obiit Aug 2 J 182 J JEtat suse 27." 

138. H.S. : " In Memory of James son of William & Sarah Gray of 
the parish of Saint Bride London who departed this life the First of 
March 1820 Aged 10 months." 

139. H.S. : **In Memory of Edward and William sons of John & 
Sarah Holloway** Edward born May 29 1822 died (?) Dec. 3 1825 
William born Oct 10 1823 died Dec. 6 1825." 

M "Edward HaUoway, St. Clement's, 10th Dec, 1825—4 years." "W« 
Halloway, St. Clement's, 10th Dec, 1825—2 years." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 117 

140. H.S.: "... died at Hastings October 17*^ 1826 James 
Prestage Bentley late of Percy Street London Aged 29 years." 

141. H.S. : "In Memory of Ricliard Whitcombe* Barrister-at-law 
born at Kingston (?) Herefordshire March 2 . . . 1794 died at 
Hastings Nov. 12 1834." 

142. H.S.: 

Here are deposited the 

remains of Mr. John Best 

Solicitor of the City of Worcester 

son of William and 

Ann Temple Best 

of Kempsey in the County 

of Worcester He died 

January 23"* 182^ 

aged 28 Years 

143. Low altar tomb of brick (on top): "Sacred to the Memory 
of Elizabeth Wife of John Cossum who departed this life . . . 
20 1824 Aged 69 years." Further figures lower down the slab : . . . 
"John Cossum*° Died May 29^^ 1829 Aged 73." 

144. "In memory of . . . William G. Gordon*^ Student in 
Divinity son of . . . Eev. . . . Gordon one of the Ministers of 
. . . in Scotland who died at Hastings . . . 1831 Aged 20 years." 

145. H.S. : " Sacred to the memory of William Whemhurst who 
died 25*^ January 1822 Aged 63 years Also Elizabeth his wife 
(?who) died 2°'* Sept' 1836 Aged 73 years." 

146. H.S. (all caps.) : "To the memory of M". Mary Cossum of S». 
Clements' Hastings who died 20 November 1836 aged 63 years." 
Foot stone: "M.C. 1836." 

147. H.S. : " * Where the Tree falls there let it Lye ' -Sacred to the 
memory of M*^. Thomas Clingand, wharfinger of Stantons' Wharf, 
Southwark and of Wheldrake in the County of York who died at 
Hastings the 2V' day of July 1820 Aged 64 years 

" O tis sweet 

to think that those we know that those we love 

from earliest days sunk sweetly to repose 

On the soft Bed of Peace, in Friendships Arm &c.'* 

148. Flat stone (all caps.): "Ellen the wife of Charles Walford*' 
who died 10 April 1854 Aged 52 years * Thy will be done.' " 

149. H.S. : " Sacred to the memory of Lucy Amoore who died May 
P' 1828 Aged 52 years Also Mary Anne Eldest Daughter of the above 
who died April 29. 1838 Aged 35 years." 

89 ** Richard Whitcombe, St. Clement's, November 17th, 1834r— 40 years.'* 
*o *'Mrs. EliztJ^ Cossum, St. Clement's, June 26th, 1824— 69 years." "John 
Cossum, St. aement's, 5th May, 1829— aged 73 years." 
41 ti ^m Grant Gordon, St. Clement's, Feb. 8th, 1831—20 years." 
*2 '* Ellen Walford, St. Qement's, April 20th, 1854—52 years." 



118 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD AND 

150. H.S. : " Sacred to the memory of M'. Andrew Harper of Saint 
Hellen's Place London who died at Hastings on the 29*'» June 1827 
Aged 31 years — This stone is erected by his affectionate Brother and 
Sister James and Jane Harper of Edinburgh." 

151. H.S. : "To the memory of Thomas Steers son of Samuel & 
Hannah Steers who died May 2 . . 1822 Aged 7 years." 

152. H.S.: * 'Sacred to the memory of Mary Kerby(?) died . .^M818 
Aged 1 7 years." 

153. H.S. : "Sacred, to the memory of William Brown, Attorney 
who died 2| January 1837 Aged 80 years." 

154. H.S. (all Roman caps.): "In memory of Elizabeth Burton 
died Jany 21 1836 aged 38 years also Joseph Burton died Feb !■* 
1 852 aged 38 years * We sorrow not as others without hope ' 1 Thess. 
iv. 13 This Stone is erected by their surviving children." 

155. H.S. : "In Memory of John Bray son of Mary Bray who 
died January 4*** 1826 Aged 4 years Also Joseph Breeds son of 
Joseph & Ann Breeds who died March 5*^ 1826 Aged 8 years *The 
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the 
Lord' Also Edward Whight son of Thomas & Ann Whight died 
February 27"' 1842 Aged 2 years & Four months." 

156. H.S. (Eoman caps.) : " Edward Novello*' . . . died Jan 
. . . 1836 Aged . . 7." 

157. H.S. (all Eoman caps.): "Thomas George Knape late of 
Middle Temple Esq second son of Tho . . . &iape of Norwood 
Surrey Esq died September 1851 Aged ..." 



NAMES OF PERSONS BURIED IN THE CRIPT OF 
ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, HASTINGS. 



I am indebted to Mr. Alexander Breeds, Hon. Secretary of the 
Restoration Committee, for kindly furnishing the following particulars 
from notes which he made in the Crypt before it was finally closed. 

"M" Catharine Foyster of Hastings died 2°'* May 1847 aged 68 
years. * Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.' Rev"' xiv. 13." 

"John Thomas Justice eldest son of Francis Justice Esquire of 
Sutton Courtney near Abingdon died 18*^ March 1836 Aged 41 years." 

*8 Query if the same person whose burial entry is: "Edward Petre Novello, 
Jan. 7th, 1836—22 years." 



CRYPT OF ST. Clement's, Hastings. 119 

"Athelstan Corbet Esq' Ynysym Aengwyn County of Merionetli 
died 26 Dec* 1835 aged 46." 

"William Angrer Strong Esquire died February IV^ 1835." 

** Hannah Holliday died 9 February 1835 aged 17 years.'* 

** Thomas Peach died August 5 1846 aged 59 years." 

** Anne Steward died 6 April 1844 aged 27 years." 

** Basil Lloyd second son of the Reverend Henry Samuel Foyster 
died February 23 1843 aged nearly 8 years * Those that seek me 
early shall find me.' Prov. viii. 17. v." 

"Dame Arabella, reUct of Admiral Sir G. Parker K.C.B. died 11 
May 1850 .. . 65»'» year." 

" Sir George Parker K.C.B. Admiral of the Red died 24 December 
1847 aged 81 years." 

" Ramsey Hankey Smith, Captain of H.M. 64'»» Reg of Foot died 11 
March 1848 . . . 30*^ year." 

" Mary Ann Beloe, wife of the Reverend William Beloe late Rector 
of All Hallows London Wall died 16*'* February 1848 ^t. . . . 
'Vale, Cara, Vale.'" 

"Harriet Pratt, wife of John Grenside Esquire of Hastings, 
Daughter of the late Samuel Foyster Esquire of London died 1^^ 
Februaiy 1850 aged 64 'There remaineth a rest to the people of 
God.' Heb. 4. 9.V." 

" Thomas Palmer Esquire died 23"^ September 1837 aged 69 years." 

" Elizabeth widow of the late Gloster Wilson Esquire and Daughter 
of the late Reverend W. Whitear. died 30*^ April 1852. aged 77 
years." 

"G . . . Wilson Esquire died 19*^ December 1850 aged 81 years." 



n. 
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CROFT CHAPEL AND BURIAL 

GROUND. 

Founded about 1805. 

Probably the oldest Nonconforinist place of worship in the town. 
Now used as a Mission Chapel only. 



Interior, 

1. Tablet let into wall (plain white marble) : 

In Remembeance of 

The REV^ JOHN MORLEY CLACK^ 

who was ordained to the pastoral charge of this 

Congregation 21'* Aug*. 1817 which charge he resigned 

with his Life on the 31"* of the same month 

Aged 23 Years 

HIS SUN WENT DOWN WHILE IT WAS YET DAY 

BUT IT WAS EVIDENT TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM 

THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO RELINQUISH HIS 

WORK AND ENTER ON HIS REST 

As soon as the days of his ministration were 
accomplished he departed to his own house 

Luke 1. 23 

2. Tablet let into wall (plain white marble) : 

In Memory of 

The REV^ RICHARD SIMMONDS' 

who after the faithful discharge of his Ministry 

for eight years in this place, was received to the 

enjoyment of his reward 27'^ Dec' 1816 

BY THIS RECORD THE DEAD NOW SPEAKETH 

Rom" XV. 19 I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ 

By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory 

what I preached unto you 1 Corin* xv. 2. 

1 Student of Hoxton Academy. Ordained 21st Aug., 1817, at Hastings, by 
Kev. Dr. Styles, of Brighton, Rev. F. Hamilton, Rev. Dr. Waugh, of London, &c. 
Mr. Clack preached on the following Sunday morning, being assisted in the 
evening by Rev. J. Hooper (classical tutor at Hoxton). In the course of the week 
was seized with violent sickness and giddiness, rapidly became worse and died on 
the following Sunday. He was buried on Friday, 5th Sept., in the Burying 
Ground attached to the Meeting House. He was only 23 years" old, was a young 
man of superior intellectual powers and gave early promise of becoming a judicious, 
zealous and useful preacher. 

* He was buried in the Churchyard of All Saints. For the epitaph on his 
tombstone see Inscriptions in the Churchyard of All Saints, Hastings, S.A.C.f 
Vol. XL., p. 236. 



INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CROFT CHAPEL, HASTINGS. 121 

3. Tablet (white marble upon grey ?) : 

Sacked 

TO THE Memory of 

MAEGARET HAIG» 

WHO DIED AT HASTINGS 20"^" MaY 1833 

Aged 38 years 

THE KACE APPOINTBD I HAVE RUN 

THE COMBATS 0*ER, THE PRIZE IS WON 

AND NOW MY WITNESS IS ON HIGH 

AND NOW MY RECORD'S IN THE SKY. 

NOT IN MINE INNOCENCE I TRUST 

I BOW BEFORE THEE IN THE DUST 

AND THROUGH MY SAVI0UR*8 BLOOD ALONE 

I LOOK FOR MERCY AT THY THRONE 

4. Two small marble tablets in the large Class Eoom in front of 
the Chapel : 

(a) This Stone was laid 

October 6. 1876 by the 
REV^ HALLEY 8TEWAET 

PASTOR OF THE CHURCH 

1863—1873 
Other foundation can no man 
lay than that is laid, which is 
Jesus Christ 1 Cor. iii. 1 1 

(6) This Stone was laid 

October 6. 1876 by the 
EEV^ C. R. HOWELL 

pastor of the church. 

Pastorate commenced 1873 

In whom ye also are builded 

together for an habitation of 

God through the Spirit 

Eph. ii. 22 

Stones in the Graveyard : 

1. **In Memory of The Rev^ William Davis* who was for 36 years 
Minister of the Croft Chapel Hastings He died Jan^ 19^^ 1855 in the 
67*'' year of his age. * Thy rod and thy staff they comfoi't me.' " 

8 In the Croft Burial Eegister described as resident at " 39, Wellington Square, 
from Edinburg ; ** buried May 25th. 

* Sept. 15th, 1819. The Rev. Wm. Davis (late of Hoxton Academy) was 
ordained over the Independent Church in the Croft, Hastings. In C.B. Regr. : 
"Buried 1855 Jany. 26 in Croft Ground, the Rev. W. Davis Minister of the 
Croft Chapel aged 66." The Ministers officiating at the funeral appear to have 



122 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CROFT CHAPEL 

2. " Sacred To the Memory of Eliza Dee* of Cambridge wlio 
departed this Life 13 May 1839 on the 21 year of her Age— Beloved 
— Lamented." 

3. (all caps.) :." Sacred to the Memory of William Kent Simpson" 
of Bury St. Edmunds who died at Hastings October 30 1852 Aged 
27 years." 

4. (all caps.) : **In Memoiy of Matilda Sarah daughter of John & 
Matilda Reeves, died April 26'** 1853 Aged 3 years 10 months." 

5. (Roman caps.) : " Sacred to the Memory of Margaret Haig who 
died at Hastings 20 May 1833 Aged 38 years 

" I have fought a good fight I have fi- 
-nished my course I have kept the faith 
henceforth there is laid up for me 
a crown of righteousness 2 Tim.'* 

6. Sacred 

To the Memory of 

John Michael son of J. M. Vos : Esq. (of Calcutta) 

born at Clapham June 8*^ 1816 died at Hastings July 26"* 1833 

been Rev. J. N. Goulty, of Brighton, and Rev. George Stewart. There are the 
following entries of birth and baptism of his children in the Croft Baptismal 
Register : — 

June 30, 1824. William May. St. Clement's, Hastings. Bom 19 Feb., 1824. 
son of Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, late Caroline May. lEUgh Street, 
Hastings. Dissenting Minister. By Rev. John Townsend. 

July 5, 1826. Henry May. St. Clement's, Hastings. Bom 5 Nov., 1825. 
Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, late Caroline May. High Street, Hastings. 
Dissenting Minister. By Rev. George Greig. 

May 8, 1829. Edward May. St. Clement's, Hastings. Bom 13 March, 1828. 
Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, late Caroline May. High Street, Hastings. 
Minister of Croft Chapel. By Rev. John Clayton, jun., A.M. at Ekn 
Cottage, Brixton Hill. 

June 13, 1830. Sarah May. St. Qement's, Hastings. Bom 30 Jan., 1830." 
dau. of Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, late Caroline May. All Saints, 
Hastings. Minister of the Gospel. By Rev. Wm. Davis. 

July 8, 1832. Alfi-ed May. All Saints, Hastings. Bom 19 April, 1832. 
Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, dau. of Wm. and Sarah May. 3, Halloway 
Place, Hastings. Digsenting Minister. By Rev. Wm. Davis. 

June 21, 1835. Josiah Wathen. All Samts, Hastings. Bom 23 Feb., 1835. 
Wm. Davis and Caroline Davis, dau. of Wm. and S. May, foraierly of 
Crispin Street, Spitalfields. 3, Halloway Place, Hastings. Dissenting 
Minister. By Rev. Wm. Davis. 

Caroline May, daughter of Wm. and Caroline Davis, was bom at the house of 
the said William Davis No. 3, Halloway Place, February 13th, 1838, and 
baptized at the Croft Chapel on the 10th of June, 1838, by me, William 
Davis, the Minister of the Chapel and the father of the babe (sic). 

« In C. Bur. Reg. No. 100. " Eliza Dee of Cambridge aged 19 years May 
17 1839 J.P. Saffery." 

« In C. Bur. Reg. ** 6 Nov. 1852 William Kent Simpson aged 25 years." 



AND BURIAL GROUND, HASTINGS. 123 

7. (all Boman caps.) : " Sacred to the Memory of Maiy the 
beloTed wife of John Nichols* who died NoTember 20 1849 Aged 76 
years ' I know whom I have beliered ' 2 Tim. 1. 2 t. Also of Maria 
her daughter the beloved wife of John Benjamin Moor* who departed 
this life April 11 1850 Aged 53 years 

(Italicff) " No trust in self, on finner groimd, she stood 
Her hope was founded on a SaTioor^s blood 
A sinner sared who in deaths trying hoar 
Did cast her soul on Jesus^ love and power 
And now with myriads of the ransomed race 
Ascribes her bliss to free and sovereign grace 
Is sach her happy lot, should we complain 
Our loss tho* great is her eternal gain. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord 

is the death of his saints. 116 Psalm 15 : v." 

8. Flat stone (all caps.): "In memory of Sarah Ashby^ who 
departed this life SO*** October 1848 aged 21 years—* Looking unto 
Jesus.' " 

9. "Sacred to the memory of Ann H. Place aged 11 years and 
William H. Place aged 16 years The former died on the 13*** and the 
latter on the 16*** of July, 1848. They were lovely and pleasant in 
their lives and in their death they were not divided." 

10. "... Memory of J. W"Bumstead« who died July 28*M 847 
Aged 10 years — ^prepare to meet thy God. Also of George Bumstead 
(father of the above) who died March S^ 1853 Aged 54 years. 

** Kind Angels guard his sleeping dust 
Till Jesus come to judge the just 
May he awake with great surprise 
And in his Saviour's glory rise. 

"Also of Hannah Bumstead died December 20*'' 1853 She sweetly 
sleeps in Jesus Aged Jf years." 

11. Flat stone (aU Roman caps.): "John Duguid Johnston^® died 
16*^ June 1847 Aged 34." 

12. Flat stone (all Eoman caps.): Sacred to the memory of John 
Ray Burgess" who died 5*^ June 1847 aged 34 years. *Seek ye the 
Lord while He may be found.' " 

13. Flat stone : A E Merriman^^ 

died 

Jan 3'^ 1853 

Aged 67. 

7 In C. Bur. Reg. No. 170. ** Buried Nov. 24th, 1849." 

8 No. 172. " Buried April 16th, 1850, aged 53 years." 
8* In C. Bur. Reg. *' Aged 24 (buried) Nov. 6 1848." 

9 Buried July 31. 

^0 In C.B. Reg. ** Alexander Duguid JohnBton aged 34 years (buried) Juno 21, 
1847." 
" In Regr. ** Aged 31 years." 
12 Regr. ** 6th Jan., 1853. Harnett Eliza Merriman, agod 67." 



124 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CROFT CHAPEL 

14. Flat stone (all Boman caps.) : " Sacred to the Memory of 
William Temple" a native of Camphouse Roxboroughshire, Scotland 
who died in this Town on the 29'^ day of January 1847 aged 33 years 
This stone was erected by his surviving brothers and sisters, a.d. 1848." 

15. Flat stone : " Sacred to the Memory of Eleanor wife of Charles 
Ebeling^* of Paris who departed this life Sep. 30"* 1820 Aged 66 
years Also her daughter Eliz"* Woolley died 28^ Jan'^ 1836 Aged 
47 years." 

16. ** Sacred to the Mehiory of Mary Ann Lord Daughter of 
William and Mary Ann Lord who departed this life . . . Aged 11 
years. ' Suffer the little children to come unto me For of such is the 
Kingdom of God.* Mark 10 c. 14 v." 

17 (all Roman caps.) : ** Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Morton^^ 
who died December 6^ 1838 aged 38 years Also Louisa Hannah his 
daughter who died January . . . 1838 aged 3 years & 6 months. * By 
Grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the 
gift of God.' " 

18. Coffin-shaped tomb: on the curve (aU Roman caps.): **Also 
(sic) James Richard Francis^® son of the above William Francis Died 
with a good hope through Grace the 22 January 1831 Aged 20 years 
(caps.) At the foot of this Grave lies William the firstborn son of 
Edmund and Martha Trulock-Strickland who was bom Nov^' 29'^ 1830 
and died Jan. 7^^ 1831 * Of such is the Kingdom of heaven.' " 

19. Flat stone: ** Sacred to the Memory of M*^ William Francis" 
late of London who died at Hastings 23'^ Jan^ 1826. in the 41"' year 
of his Age He lived believing in his Redeemer His character 
through life corresponded with his faith and he expired with the 
glorious hope of a blissful immortality : His God sustained him in his 
final hour. His final hour brought glory to his God He died 
exclaiming Victory, Victory through the blood of the Lamb. Also 
Rebecca Daughter of the above who having fled for refuge to the 
hope set before her in the Gospel died July 7"* 1829 Aged 13 years." 

20. Flat stone: "In memory of Elizabeth Weekes Daughter of 
Edward and Rebecca Weekes who departed this life 25*^ Jan^ 1823 
Aged 30 years « xis finished ; on this my soul rely, 

As Jesus lives his chosen cannot die. 
"Also Edmond Weekes^* sOn of Edward and Rebecca Weekes who 
departed this Life 25'^ Aug 1835 Aged 28 years." 

21. Flat stone: "Erected to the memory of Elizabeth the wife of 
I. Williams^^ Sen' who departed this Life Sep' W^ 1819 Aged 78 
years * Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord.' Also John 

i« Buried Feb. 5th, 1847. 

1* Buried Oct. 6th, 1820. 

i» In Regr. described as " of High Street/' Buried Dec. 12th, 1838. 

w In Regr. " Died at Bourtiu Glouces'." 

17 In Regr. described as ** Late of Oxford Street, London (buried) January 31, 
1826." 

18 Described as Edmund Weekes, from *' Town Mailing, Kent." 

19 In Regr. her age is given as 79. 



AND BURIAL GROUND, HASTINGS. 125 

Williams*^ Gent many years a Jurat of this Corporation who departed 
this Life February 12"* 1834 Aged 87 years Also Mary Ann Williams 
Granddaughter of the above who died May lO"' 1840 Aged 3 years." 

22. Flat stone : ** Erected to the memory of Mary the wife of E**. 
Sinnock^ who departed this life Aug" 24"^ 1817 Aged 77 years 
* Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.' " 

23. Flat stone: ** Hannah Marshall*^ died September 19"» 1852 
Aged 75 years." 

24. Flat stone (all caps.) : **In memory of Abraham Wood^ who 
died 6 Nov 1845 Aged 53 years." 

25. Flat stone : ** In memory of Phillis wife of the Rer* James 
Johnson Wesleyan Minister who died January 18"^ 1829 Aged 49 
years. * The Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.' " 

26. Flat stone (all caps.): ** Sacred to the memory of James 
Martineau Lee,** of Norwich who departed the life on the 29'^ of Jan 
1828 aged 25 years." 

27. Flat stone; "Sacred to the memory of John Kinder*^ the 
beloved son of Robert & Eliza Kinder who died at Hastings February 
23^^ 1834 Aged 20 years." 

28. Flat stone (all caps.): ** Sacred to the memory of David 
Martineau^ who departed this life 23"* January 1836 Aged 47." 

29. Flat stone (all caps.): "Sacred to the memory of Samuel 
second son of William and Fanny Smith late of Goswell Road, London 
who died 11"* January 1823 in the 26"* year of his age." 

30. Flat stone (all caps.) : " In memory of Mr. Philip Chapman" who 
died April 9'^ i840 aged 73 years." 

31. Flat stone (all caps.): "Sacred to the memory of Eliza the 
wife of William Mason*^ who died April 13*'* 1842 aged 32 years." 

32. Flat stone: ** Isabella Jane Brown^ only daughter of Major 
James Dennistoun Brown died 2**** November 1828 aged 16 months 
Three months after her elder sister Agnes Isabella 

** Two sweet and lovely blossoms 
destined early to fade that 
thej might bloom through Ke- 
-deeming love in unfading beauty 
** The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the 

Lord/' 

» In Regr. described as of "S* Clement's Hastings (buried) Feb. 19'^ 183^ 
aged 87 years.*' 

21 In Regr. " Elizabeth Sinnock, of Battle, Sussex. Died 24th ; buried 29th 
August, 1817 ; aged 77 years." 

28 In Regr. " Buried by W Hobkirk Wesleyan Min'." 

28 In Regr. " Buried Nov. 10th." 

2* In Regr. " Buried 4th Feb., 1828." 

25 In Regr. " Buried Feb. 27th, 1834." 

26 In Regr. ** From St. Leonards." 

27 In Regr. described as " of All Saints Parish buried Ap. IG***." 

28 In Regr. "Buried April 19th, 1832, by Jonathan Glyde, of Bradford, 
Yorkshire." 

29 In Regr. ** From Edinburg died at Hastings." 



A SUPPOSED PEE -CONQUEST FONT AT 
WALDEON. 



By PHILIP MAINWAEING JOHNSTON. 



There are a number of rude early fonts in Sussex, the 
precise measure of whose antiquity it is a nice question 
to determine, but of which we may say witt some 
confidence that the weight of evidence is in favour of 
their ante-dating the Norman Conquest. One feature 
they have in common : they are large enough for 
baptism by total immersion ; that is to say, the adult or 
infant could be put into the font and the water be poured 
entirely over him. Such early fonts are in one massive 
block of stone of enormous weight, and many of them 
are of the shape of a pudding basin, fairly deep as well 
as wide. Dialing, Trotton, Selham, Coates, Bignor, 
North Mundham, Littlehampton, Walberton and Yapton 
may be instanced as typical examples of this class — all, 
however, in Western Sussex. 

But we have in the subject of this note a somewhat 
different, though probably quite as early font — for such 
I believe it to be — at Wafdron, in the Eastern division of 
the county, which, through the zeal of our member, the 
Rev. W. J . Humble-Crofts, has been recovered and put 
back into that church. When I inspected this font at 
the invitation of Mr. Humble-Crofts, it was lying in a 
cow yard, about a quarter of a mile below the hill on 
which Waldron Church stands, and served, as it had 
done beyond living memory, for a cattle trough. Its 
shallow form and unusual width at first inclined me to 
doubt whether it could have been a font originally, but on 
examining the basin I found remains of the lead which 
had at one time secured the chain for the plug or stopper. 

The font at present in use in Waldron Church has an 
interesting history. It is an exact copy (I am told) of 




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SUPPOSED PRE-CONQUEST FONT AT WALDRON. 127 

one of early thirteenth century date which was in the 
church at its restoration some forty years ago, and which 
was then found in pieces, cased in brickwork. Of this 
font tradition says that the Parliamentarians turned it 
out of the church and rolled it down the hill to serve the 
same ignoble use as the older basin lately recovered. 

Now, if the later font were thus dealt with it seems 
the more probable that the old disused bowl of the older 
one, still remaining in the church or lying in the church- 
yard, was similarly treated. It could be the more easily 
rolled down the hill because of its circular form. The 
later font-bowl is square. 

The recovered font-basin is in a brown sandstone of 
great hardness, probably quarried at Tilmore Wood, near 
Heathfield. It measures 3-ft. 6|-in. in diameter and 
stands about 1-ft. 6-in. high, the internal measurements 
being 2-ft. 5^-in. across by about 1-ft. in depth in the 
centre. The rim is 7-in. thick. The drain-hole has 
been enlarged to allow of the water draining off more 
freely ; it probably was much narrower originally. The 
outside of the bowl is curved in sections in its lower part, 
as is also the basin, and the edges of the rim are neatly 
rounded. 

The accompanying illustration, from a photograph 
most kindly taken and presented by the Rev. W. J. 
Humble-Crofts, gives an excellent idea of this primitive 
bowl before its removal to the church. The society owes 
that gentleman its hearty thanks for his energetic actioti 
in restoring such an interesting object to the church, 
where he has had it set up on a mill-stone in the north 
aisle. 

I may perhaps add that there is nothing in the stone- 
Avork of the present church to favour a pre-Conquest 
origin for any part of it ; the chancel, which retains the 
earliest features, dating no earlier than about 1200. But 
this only points to the Saxon church having been of wood, 
as must usually have been the case down to at least that 
comparatively late period, in these churches buried in the 
Sussex Weald. 



THE COMBEES OF SHEKMANBUEY, 
CHICHESTEK AND ALLINGTON. 



By JOHN COMBEE. 



In the account given of Thomas Comber, D.D., Dean of 
Carlisle, by Mr. M. A. Lower, in his Worthies of Sussex^ 
the author remarks that the Comber pedigree is not 
trustworthy, and states that ^^ respecting his actual 
parentage there is much uncertainty." He comments 
on the discrepancy in the pedigrees given at the College 
of Arms, in Berry's Genealogies and in Cartwright. 

So far as I am aware, the correct pedigree and 
relationship between the Dean of Carlisle and his name- 
sake, the Dean of Durham, has never been printed ; and 
perhaps, although the family is now but sparingly repre- 
sented in the county, an authentic account of the early 
descents may be thought worthy of record in the 
Society's Collections. 

Pedigrees of the family were entered at the Heralds' 
Visitations of Sussex in 1634, and of Surrey in 1623, 
the MS. of the former at the Heralds' College (c. 27) 
being not so full as the various copies in the Harleian 
MSS. ; but, as will be seen later, there is, in one respect, 
an error in the latter. 

The first authentic ancestor was John Rivers, alias 
Comber, of Balcombe, who, under the latter surname 
only, heads the Visitation pedigree, and, in 1524, sold 
land in Ardingly to his son John Rivers, alias Comber, 
of Lindfield, by the following deed, now in the Society's 
Library (S.A.C, Vol. XXXVII., p. 42):— 

Sciant ^sentes et futuri qd Ego Johes Ryue^ ats diet" Comber de 
Balcombe in Com Sussex dedi concessi ac p certa pecunie sma michi ^ 
maib3 soluta vendidi et hac |isenti Carta mea confirmaui Johi Ryue^ ats 
dicto Oomb^ filio meo de Lyndef eld unam peciam terre c9 ptifi vocaP le 



Cowaretrete eontinefl p eetima^ unam acP terr© et dimid^ et unS 
quarteri^ unius Eode terro iacenP ot oxistenf in pochia de Erdynglegh 
. * , ad terlP Thome Clialoner Gent vena Easte et Sowtho ad Regiam 
viam ibfl ducenP de Balcombe |JdicP usq^ Wyuellesfald vsua Woste et 
ad ter? Witt a parke veus Nortke h^end^ et tenend^ ^dicP pe^^ terre cfi 
suia ptiS fJfato JohV Kjue^ ats Comb^ filio meo hered^ et aasigfi euia 
imppiB De Oapitalib;^ dm feodi ills p Ivi^ inde debifea et de iur conaue?, 
Et ego Yo i^faF Johes Eyue^ seS ats Comb^ et hered^ mei fJdicf pe^ 
terre c(? suis ptiS j^fato Johi Eyue^ ats Comb^ filio meo liered3 et assigS 
Buis coai? oiiies genP waranti3abinl et irappfi defendeni p |Jseiitea. Seiaf 
insup me fffaP Joheni Eyue^ serJ ats Comb^ iecisae ordinasse et in loco 
meo coastituisee dile^ michi in xio Wittm Byue^ ats Comb^ from meum 
de Lynrlefeld mefi verS et fidelem attor^ ad intrand^ vice et in noie meo 
in to- fidicf pe^^ terre cfl suis ptiS et possessionem inde vice et noie meo 
capiend^ ... In oui^ rei » , . DaP apud Erdyngle^h p/dicP nono 
die Julij anno regni Begis Henrici octaui post conqiH AugP sextodecimo. 

The William Rivers, alias Comber, herein appointed 
attorney for his brother, was veiy probably father of the 
three brotherSj Roger/ of Lindfieldj Henry ,^ of Hartfield, 
and Richard/ of Ardingly, who, in the Harleian MSS,, 
are erroneously made sons of Richard Comber, of 
Balcombe, Their descendants continued at Lindfield, 
Hartfield, Ardingly, &c., for several generations, but are 
too numerous to enumerate here- 

Another brother of John and William ^ or perhaps a 
nephew, was very likely Thomas Comber, of Philpots 
and Barleysj in West Hoathly, whose descendants 
retained the alias of Rivers till 1630. Philpots 
descended from father to son till the beginning of last 
century, 

John Rivers, alias Comber, of Balcombe^ mamedj 
according to the Harleian MSS.j Clemencej daughter of 
Thomas Nicholsjof East Grinsteadj which is corroborated 

^ Will of Ro^er Comber, of Lindfield, 27th Feb., 155 J » Wife, Margery, 
Executrix. Sons, Eo^er, Joha and Philip ; daughters^ Joane and Marpfaift^t, all 
miuoris. Brother Williiim and his sou Matthew. Brother Bichard and Mb yoa 
Roger- Brother Henry suid his daughter Alice. Three godchildren at *' James 
layralls my brother.*' Proved at ChichGater (Vol. VIII-, fo. 198.] 

^ Will of Heiirj Rivera, alias Comber^ of Hartfield, 24th Jan., l^^l' Bon, 
Richard, Executor. Wife, Joane. Daughters, Clemence, Alice and Elizabeth, 
1 atter under 2 1 . Son -in ^Li w , Williflm Genyr , and his children , William , Eli^sabeth 
and Anne Genjr* OTerHeer, Mr* John Choloner, of Horsted Keynes. Proved 
20th MfUfch, 15T|. {Lme$ Wtlh, Vol. AS, fo. 216.) 

3 Will of Richard Comber, of xirdingly, yeoman, 29th Jan., 159 g. Son, John, 
Execator. Wife, Joanu. Son, Roger ; daughter, I Isabel Payne* Witneeaes, 
Richard and Edward Payne. Proved Uth July, 1593, [Lewes Wills, Vol. A9, 
fo. 1870 

XLIZ. 



130 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

to some extent by the fact that his son Richard had a 
daughter of that not very common Christian name. 
They had, according to the Visitation pedigree, three 
sons, viz.: — 

1. William Comber. 

2. Richard Comber. 

3. John Comber. 

From the first of these was descended the Dean of 
Carlisle, from the last the Dean of Durham. 

William Comber, the eldest son, purchased, in 1542, 
from William, Lord Sandys, the manor, and with it the 
advowson, of Shermanbury, and he presented to the living 
in 1544, 1551 and 1558, in which latter year he was 
appointed overseer to the will of his brother Richard, of 
Balcombe. He married (Harleian MSS.) Margaret, 
daughter of Richard Arnold,* of West Grinstead, and he 
seems to have married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Barnard A'Moore,^ of Henfield, by his wife Margery, 
daughter and co-heir of Richard Okenden,^ of that place. 
Towards the close of his life William Comber appears to 
have resided at Wappingthorne, in Steyning parish, 
having probably resigned Shermanbury to his son, for the 
following is, almost certainly, his will : — 

Will of William Comber of Wappingthorne, yeoman. 

14 Nov. 1560 — **my body to be buried in the Parisb Church of Shur- 
manbury" — "to the reparacon of the parish church of Shurmanbury 
aforesaid xl"" — **unto Elizabeth my wife xxx^ in redye money also aU 
suche household stuff as I had with her when I was maryed unto her 

* Will of Richard Arnold, of Byne, in Parish of West Grinstead, yeoman, 
10th April, 1561. Son, Thomas, Executor. Wife, Margaret. Sons, Richard, 
George and James, under 21 ; daughter, Margaret, under 21 and unmarried. 
Son-in-law, Peter Hunte. Supervisors, Sir Thomas West, K.G., and William 
Comber, of Shermanbury. {Chichester Wills, Vol. X., fo. 81b.) 

* Administration of Barnard A*Moore, of Henfield, 13th Aug., 1593, granted 
to Margery, the relict. Sureties, Richard Butcher, of Shermanbury, yeoman, and 
John Holdemes, of Henfield, yeoman. (Lewes Administrations, Vol. B2, fo. 180.) 

8 Will of Richard Okenden, of Henfield, yeoman, 6th May, 1577. Barnard 
Amore and Robert Brewer, Executors. Wife, Elizabeth. Children of Johan, 
wife of Richard Bucher, my daughter. ChildrBU of daughter, Margery moore. 
Children of daughter, Lettis Brewer. Richard and Edward, sons of said daughter 
and Robert Brewer her husband. Children of daughter Anne Ward. Nicholas 
ffawcknor. Lease land called Wellingby to Elizabeth Comber, daughter to 
Margery my daughter, wife of Barnard Moore. Proved 25th Sept., 1578. (Lewes 
mils,YohA7,to. 104.) 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 



131 



at her electton . . . uppon this condicon tliat is to say that yf she do 
p6i'mit and suffer Richard Okendenj John Eoberta & John py combe & 
John Holden to ha^-"© & enjoy sucho leases as I havo made them . , , 
of the lande and tenements as I have in the lyght of my said mff in 
Buche forme & sort e & without any money therefore pay in go than is 
between me the said William Oomber & the said Eiehard Okenden 
John Roberts & John pycorabe therefore received or ells this present 
legacy to my w}-ff . , . to be voyd^' — ''to Wittm Comber ray neve we 
& godson v'' by the yere'' — **to Ely nor Matthew' niy systers daughter 
iiij^^ for all thyngs between her & me" — **all the rest of my goods & 
cattails ... I will &c unto John Comber my sonne whome I make 
my sole executor" &c. ** And yf yt fortune my said sone to dye before 
the proving of this my last will &c , ♦ , then I will the said Wittm 
Oomber my neve we & godson to be executor'* &c. *^Also I make and 
ordeyne my fay th full frend William Davey Overseer of this my last 
will &c and ^yve hira for his paynes therein xl* in hope that he wilbe a 
good frend & helper unto my sonne and WiH Oomber his soae witness 
hereof Edward Oomber John Donstall William Langford John 
Hold y in g Thomas Oomber William My II Dorothy herd with others." 
—Proved 29 Mch. 1562. {Chiche&ter Wills, Yol. X,, fo. 82b.) 

John Comber^ of Shermanbury^ presented to the living 
in 1570, and married (Harleian MSS.) Jane, daughter of 
John Dunstall^ of Cowfold. On the 16th June, 1571, he 
received from Robert Cooke, ClarencieuXj a grant of 
arms in the following terms: — - 

To all and syuguler etc. . , . and beinge credibly informed by the 
Eeporte of divers Gentilmen worthyo of credit that John Oomber ^ of 
Shermanbury, in the Oouutio of Sussex^ Q-entUman, hathe long 
coiitinuod in Ycrtue, & in all hia aflPairea hathe so vertnouely behaved 
himself that he hathe well deserved & is worthy to be from henceforth 
admitted accepted & receaved into the Nombre of other aiinciente 
Gentilmen, for remembrance whereof I, the saide Clarencieux King of 
Amies, have . , . devised, orderred, and assigned nnto and for the 
saide John Comber, Gentilnaan, the Arnies*^ and Oreaste hereafter 
folio winge^ that is to say, Qolde, a Fesse Daunce Gules, between three 
Starrer Sables ; and to his Oreaste, upon hia Heanlme, on a Wreathe 
Golde and Sables, a Lynxe*s Heade, Coupe, Goldo Fellato, manteled 
Gules, doubled Argent, as more playnly appeareth depicted in this 
Marge nt. To have and to holde etc. * , 

7 Will of Richard llatliew, of Henfleld, 20th Maj, 15U, Wife, lilargery, BoIe 
Executrix. Her house nt Petworth. Uncle, William Comber* Witiiesaes, John 
Holden and etliers* Proved bj said uncle 30th May, 1555, {Leuoes Wills j Vol, A3, 
to. 162.) 

* William Gratwicke, of Cowfold, yeomaiit uses these arms on a seal to a deed 
by which John Caryll, of Wamham, sells to him a piece of land in Ashurst called 
Bennett Field. It is dated 1 0th April, 1587, and John Comber, jun., was one of 
the TvitneBae&. (Brit. Mub. Addl. MSS, 8,959 [No. 8,896 in Catalogue of 
Seals.]) 

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132 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

The following deed, dated 1st May, 37 Eliz., relates 
to this John : — 

This Indenture made 1^ May in the 37*** year of Eliz. Between 
William Comber of Shermonburie Co. Sussex gent, of the one part and 
John Comber of Shermonburie father of said William and John Comber 
son of said John the father of the other Witnesses that in consideration 
of the discharge of an annuity of £10 to which I the said William 
was chargeable to John Comber my father payable out of the manor 
of Combes Co. Sussex during the life of said John and for £300 paid 
to me . . . have given etc. to John Comber the father and John 
Comber the son an annuity of £20 issuing out of said Manor & other 
my lands in Hamsey Co. Sussex excepting certain parcels [specified]. 
(Kecovery EoU, 51.) 

He died at Clifford's Inn, in London, and was buried 
there the 1st February, 160^, as John Cumber, gent., of 
Clyfford's Inn. (Coll. Top. et Gen., iv., 125.) 

Will of John Comber, of Shermanbury. 

1 Feb. 5*^ James I. [1607]. Memorandum that John Comber, 
gentleman, of Shermanbury, co. Sussex and deceassed in Clifford's Inne 
in the pishe of S' Dunstan's in the West, London, &c, declared his 
last will, &c, nuncupative. He gave unto his son John Comber £500 
in the hands of Sir John Carrill, Knight, & John Gratewick of 
Cowfold, CO. Sussex, and Thomas Selden, £200 thereof to remain in 
the hands of his son William for and towards the maintenance of suche 
wief and children as God should send his said sonne John after his death 
&c. He gave unto Thomas Comber his sonne £200 to encrease his 
maintenance withall, &c. In the presents of William Comber, John 
Byrsey. — On 13 Feb 1607 a Commission issued to William Comber, 
the son of the deceased, to administer the goods &c., for that deceased 
named no executor. (P.C.C, 13, Windebanck.) 

He had issue a very large family, viz. : — 

William Comber, eldest son and heir. 

John Comber, of Cowfold, who died unmarried and was 
buried their 16th April, 1610. 

Will of John Comber, of Cowfold. 

Memorandum that the Twelveth day of Apriil 1610 John Comber 
in the Comitie of Sussex gentleman beinge sicke in body &c. did make 
his last will &c. Nuncupative &c. Imprimis he did geve to be 
distributed to the poore &c. 20 shillings . . . It™ he did give to his 
brother Thomas Comber, gentleman, One hundred pounds . . . It™ 
to all his Neece Gratwicke chyldren beinge foure Ten shillings a peace. 
It™ he made William Comber gent, his brother Executor &c. — 
Proved 7'^ Mch. 1610. {Lewes Wills, Vol. A13, fo. 109.) 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 133 

Henry Comber, mentioned in his eldest brother's will, 
1625, as then living and having a son, William 
Comber. 

Thomas Comber, D.D., Dean of Carlisle. 

Margaret, eldest daughter (Harleian MSS.). 

Elizabeth, married William Houghton, of Mayfield (see 
their pedigrees in Visitations, 1634 and 1662). 

Jane (Harleian MSS.), who possibly married . . . 
Goffe : the Dean of Carlisle, in his will, mentions 
'' my sister, Jane Goffe." 

Mary, married John Birsty, alias Birchensty, of Birchensty 
in Ardingly (see their pedigree in Visitation, 1634). 
John Birsty was one of the witnesses to his father- 
in-law's will in 1607. A John Birsty, gent., of 
Clifford's Inn, was buried at St. Dunstan's in the 
West, 27th October, 1614. (Coll. Top. et Gen., v., 
204.) 

Cicely (Harleian MSS.). 

Dorothy (Harleian MSS.), wife of . . . Selden, 
mentioned in her brother William's will. Thomas 
Selden, probably her husband, was one of the 
trustees to her father. 

Frances (Harleian MSS.), married . . . Hardham; 
she is mentioned in the wills of both her brothers, 
William and Thomas. 

• . ., possibly^ a daughter, married first . . . Kelsey, 
second, Edward Bray, of Shore, county Surrey, 
Esq., whose first wife, Jane, daughter of Edward 
Covert, of Twineham (marriage license at Lewes, 
19th July, 1603), died in 1618, and who is said 
(Vincent's Surrey) to have married a daughter of 
. . . Comber, of Shermanbury. (See S.A.C.^ 
Vol. XLVn., p. 128.) 

To the account given of Dr. Thomas Comber, in Mr. 
Lower's Worthies, it is only necessary to add that he 
married Susan, daughter of . . . Freston, of Norwich, 
and relict of . . . Cotton, of London (Visitation of 

• The Dean of Carlisle was the twelfth child of his parents (Lloyd). 



134 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

Cambridgeshire, 1684). After Dr. Comber's death she 
married, thirdly, on 25th February, 1683, her late 
husband's friend, Dr. Thomas Sclater, M.D., who was 
M.P. for Cambridge University in 1659, and created a 
Baronet 25th July, 1660, by whom she had issue 
{Complete Baromtfxge^ by G.E.C., Vol. III., j). 96). 
He died 10th December, 1684. Lady Sclater's will was 
dated 17th December, 1684, and sentence was pronounced 
in favour of it, as opposed to a former will put forward 
by John Cotton, her son by her first husband, on 1st 
February, 168|, the executrix being her daughter, Mary 
Johnson. (P.C.C, 167, Exton.) 

Will of Thomas Comber of Cambridge, Doctor in Divinitie. 

25 Nov., 1651. ** Imprimis I give &c unto my daughter Marie 
Comber for a porcon all my library of books, provided she marry with 
consent of Susann my wife or myself, and £500 being the sum of 
money which I had upon the settlement of my lands at Shermanbury 
in county Sussex to my cozen Eobert Heath and my cozen Thomas 
Gratwick. I give to my uncle John Crane, of Cambridge, Esq, and 
to his nowo wife 40' apiece for rings. Unto my father and mother-in- 
lawe Fresson 40" apiece for golde rings. Unto my sister Joane Goffe 
and my niece Susann Biggs £5 apiece for mourning. To my wife's 
Sonne John Cotton £5. To my friend Thomas Sclater, Doctor in 
Phisick, who now keepes in my house all my phisick books, &c. To 
my cozen M' Thomas Haughton the elder, my sister Frances Hardam, 
my cozen M' Thomas Bursty, my cozen M' Eobert Heath, my cozen 
• Elizabeth Gratwick, my cozen EUenor Heath, my cozen Thomas 
Gratwick, my cozen Richard Gratwick and my brother-in-lawe John 
Fresson and every of them one golde ringe of the value of 40*. The 
residue to my said wife Susann Comber, sole executrix." — Codicil, 8 
Dec, 1 652. "I revoke the legacies given to my uncle and aunte Crane. 
And to my sister Crosse [sic\ and Susann Bigg. I give 20' apeece 
and noe mora To my brother Roger Fresson 40' for a ringe." Witn* 
Thomas Sclater and others.— Proved at Westminster 26 Ap., 1653. 
(P.C.C, 51, Brent.) 

He left issue an only daughter and heiress, Mary, born 
16th March, 1635, who became the wife of William 
Johnson, Esq., of Rushton Grange,^® Sheriff of Lanca- 
shire in 1680. 

William Comber, the eldest son, succeeded to Sherman- 
bury at his father's death. In the British Museum is an 

10 A descendant of this gentleman, Mr. Allan Johnson, of Wakefield, about 
the year 1800, presented the original grant of arms to John Comber, of Sherman- 
bury, to the KeT. Thomas Comber, of East Kewton, then head of the family. 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 135 

indenture (Additional Charter, 30,037), dated 1st May, 
1605, by which '^W"" Comber of Shoraumbury, gent., 
repurchases from John Hey of Hurstmoanseux co. Sussex 
Gent, and Anthony Morley of Gline co. Sussex gent., 
Laurence Perse, of Hartinge co. Sussex Gent.," certain 
marshland '' called Teale Mershe of 3 score acres in 
Holesham co. Sussex " and a share in certain manors in 
CO. Lincoln, sold by him to them by Indenture, dated 
11th June, 42 Eliz. He sat in the 9th Parliament of 
Queen Elizabeth, as one of the Members for the borough 
of Bramber, being elected, with Nicholas Trotter, Esqr., 
in 1596. In 1617 a presentation was made, on his 
behalf, to the living of Shermanbury. 

He married Martha, one of the two co-heiresses of 
Henry BrockhuU, of Aldington, co. Kent (by Margaret, 
his wife, daughter of Hugh Catlyn), who survived her 
husband and was buried at Shermanbury" the 14th 
January, 163f. Administration of her estate was 
granted 28th February, 163f , to John Gratwick, husband 
of Elizabeth Gratwick, daughter of deceased. {Lewes 
Admons.j Vol. B6, fo. 214-5). William Comber died in 
1625, and was buried at Shermanbury^^ on 9th September 
in that year. 

Will of William Comber, of Shermanbury, Esq'* 

10 Apl. 1625. " Being not altogether well in body by reason of my 
old age and some infirmityes." Whereas I have, by deed dat. 30 
Sep. 13 Jas. I., enfeoffed John Covert, of Woodmancote, Gent., and 
Richard Heath, late of Shermanbury, Gent., deceased, of the Manor 
of Ewhurst & certain other lands &c. And whereas I have already 
granted certain of the said lands, by deed, to John Gratwick, Gent., 
my son-in-law. And whereas I have also granted unto William 
Heath, Gent., my son-in-law, two annuities of £50 each, issuing out 
of the said Manor &c, as security for the payment to him, after my 
decease, of £1000, which I promised to give him on his marriage with 
Ellinor, his wife, my dau"^, and for the payment of the yearly sum of 
£20 during my life, of which yearly sum £60 is now owing. And 
whereas I estimate the said Manor of Ewhurst &c (over & above the 
portion of said lands already conveyed to my said son-in-law Gratwick) 
to be worth to be sold at reasonable rates the sum of £2000, whereof 

11 **1634. Matha Comber ye wife of M"^ witt Comber was buryed the 14'** 
of Jannuary." (Shermanbury Register Transcript.) 

12 ** 1625. William Comber Esquire was buried the nineth day of September." 

{Ibid.) 



136 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

I intend to allow to my said son Heath £1100 in discharge of the 
said debt & portion of £1000. Now therefore I will that the balance 
of £900 be paid to my Ex°' towards the payment of legacies hereinafter 
named ; and I will &c the said Manor of Ewhurst &c to the said 
William Heath, my son-in-law. Item I give " unto my beloved 
brother Thomas Comber Doctor of Divinity all and singular my 
household stuffe plate etc. which I shall have within my house at 
Shermanbury aforesaid and the best gelding which I shall have at the 
time of my death I give &c to him in satisfaction of such money as I 
owe unto him.'* To son-in-law John Gratwick £150, he to pay for the 
use thereof to my sister Frances Hardam the yearly sum of £6. 13. 4, 
and to my sister Dorothy Selden the yearly sum of £3. 6. 8 for their 
lives. To Mary Hosmer, my daughter, an annuity of £10, and at her 
death £130 to her surviving child or children, and, failing such, £40 
to the husband of Hosmer, if alive, and the balance of £90 to be 
divided amongst such of my sisters and sisters' children as shall have 
most need. — To servant William Wakeman his house and garden, 
called Moses Garden, in Lindfield parish — To William Thomden his 
house and garden near Moakebridge, in Shermanbury parish — To 
poor of Shermanbury £10 — "Item I give unto Martha my wife the 
sum of £10 (although she have ill deserved the same)." To my 
godson William Comber son of my brother Henry Comber, £10 . . . 
the father to put the same out for use and benefit of William.—. 
Eesidue to John Gratwick, sole Ex°' " My loving nephews Thomas 
Byrstie & Thomas Houghton gents to be overseers."— Cousin Eaphe 
Beard.— Proved 7 Oct. 1625. {Lewes Wills, Vol. A19, fo. 52; B5, 
fo. 222.) 

He left three daughters and co-heiresses, viz. : — 

1. Elizabeth, who married John Gratwick, of Jarvis, in 
Cowfold, son and heir of Thomas Gratwick, of that 
place. He succeeded to Shermanbury in right of 
his wife, and, dying in 1642, was buried at Cowfold 
on the 8th November, his widow being buried there 
6th February, 1677. 

Will of John Gratwicke, of Shermanbury, yeoman. 

5 Nov., 1642. To be buried in Ch. or Ch. yard of Cowfold. 
Bequests to poor of Cowfold, West Grinstead & Shermanbury. 
Annuity issuing out of Manor of Aldington Cobham. co. Kent, & 
other lands in the parish of Aldington & Thumham als Thurnam, in 
said Co. ; also annuity issuing out of Manor of Aldington West Court 
als Aldington Sepvans als Aldington Gower, near Thurnham als 
Themam, co Kent, to son Richard Gratwicke, with remainder to son 
Thomas. Land &c in Barsted & Thurnham to son-in-law, Henry 
Lyntott, & his wife Susan, my dau^ Wife Elizabeth £10 & use of 
household stuff for life. . . . Certain furniture, after wife's death, 
to son Thomas, as standards to my house called Cheneis [? Jervis] 
for ever. To my 4 dau" Elizabeth, Tecla, Jane & Anne £10 each. 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 137 

To grandchild, Anne Sharpe, £10 at 21 or marriage. To son Thomas 
reversion of 2 leases of 2 acres of meadow near Mockbridge. 
Eesidue to son-in-law Henry Lyntott, sole Ex°^ — Pr^ 13 Dec. 1642. 
(P.C.C., 130, Campbell.) 

Will of Elizabeth Gratwicke, of Jarvis, in Cowfold, widow. 

Undated. Overseers my grandchildren John Gratwicke, of Jarvis, 
& John Gratwicke, of Shermanbury. To grandson Eoger Gratwicke 
£50 at 21. To Thomas Gratwicke, my grandson, one other son of my 
son Eichard, £60 at 21. "Item I will &c my bedd that I Lye on, 
Curtaines and Vallence, and the picture with my ffathers Armes to 
John Gratwicke, my grandson, of Shermanbury." To John Gratwicke 
of Jarvis 40* for a ring. Ex°" in trust William Holney, of Henfield, 
Gent., & John Eoberts, of Nuthurst, my grandson. — Pr^ 7 Mch. 1681 
by Eoger Gratwicke, power reserved to Thomas Gratwicke. {Lewes 
Wills, Vol. A35, fo. 463-4.) 

The Shermanbury estate descended from the Grat- 
wicks/* through the female line, successively to the 
families of Lintott, Farncombe, Challen and Hunt ; till, 
on the death of Mrs. Hunt, in 1876, it was sold to Mr. 
Copestake, the present owner. 

2. Eleanor, who married (license at Lewes 8th July, 1608) 
William Heath, of Piddinghoe, son of Roger Heath, 
of Godstone, Surrey. Their pedigree was entered 
at the Visitation of 1634. In 1627 he was engaged 
in a law-suit (Exch. Depns., Easter, 3 Chas. I., No. 

18 John and Elizabeth Gratwick had issue : (1) William, of Jarvis, baptised at 
Cowfold 22nd Sept., 1605, and buried there 29th Oct., 1636. Will proved 1st Dec, 
1636 {Lewes, Vol. A24, fo. 135). He married, at Cowfold, 14th Oct., 1630, Jane, 
daughter of Edward Skinner, of Chailey, and had issue two sons and two daughters. 
The representation of this branch merged in the family of Madgwick. (2) Richard, 
baptised at Cowfold 7th May, 1610, and buried there 1 4th May, 1616. (3) Richard, 
of Shermanbury, baptised at Cowfold 15th Aug., 1619, and buried at Sherman- 
bury 21st Jan., 1681. wm proved 6th March, 168i {Lewes, Vol. A35, fol. 462-3). 
He was twice married and had issue two sons and five daughters. (4) Thomas, 
baptised at Cowfold 10th Dec. and buried there 12th Dec, 1620. (5) Thomas, 
who inherited Shermanbury, baptised at Cowfold 28th June, 1622, buried at 
Shermanbury 14th Aug., 1664. Will proved 20th Oct., 1664 {Lewes, Vol. A60, 
fo. 143). He had issue four sons and three daughters, (a) Elizabeth, married 
first at Cowfold 28th June, 1617, John HodsoU, of Shermanbury, gent., and 
secondly William Hodsoll, of Kent. She had issue by her second husband three 
sons and five daughters, and died 14th May, 1676. Will proved 10th July, 1676. 
(See Archceol. Cant.,Yol. XIV.). (b) Susan, baptised at Cowfold 25th June, 1607, 
married at Shermanbury 3rd Nov., 1624, Henry Lintott, of Cowfold (see S.A.C., 
Vol I., p. 145). (c) Tecla, baptised at Cowfold 3rd Jan., 160|, married first 7th 
Sept., 1634, at Shermanbury, the Rev. Gregory Roberts, Rector of Shermanbury, 
and secondly, at Horsham, in 1654, Richard Chaloner, gent, (see S.A.C., 
Vol. XLIV., p. 135). She was buried at Shermanbury 9th Jan., 1701. (d) Jane, 
baptised at Cowfold 3rd March, 1615, married at Shermanbury, 12th July, 1636, 
Charles Sharpe, of Nuthurst, gent, (e) Anne, baptised at Cowfold 15th Jan., 
1617, married at Shermanbury, 12th July, 1636, Thomas Dunstall, of Shermanbury. 



138 THE COMBERS OP SUSSEX. 

12) with the Rev. Andrew Smith, rector of Sherman- 
bury, concerning the manorial rights of Ewhurst. 
They had issue : — 

i. Robert Heath, baptised at Piddinghoe in 1623. 

a. Martha, wife of Henry Shelley, of Patcham, 
now represented by the Dalbiacs. 

b. Mary, married at Piddinghoe, 26th September, 
1637 (license at Lewes, 25th September), 
Thomas Meeres, of Alciston, gent. 

c. Susan. 

3. Mary, who married, firstly, George Elliott, who died 
s.p. (Berry's Kent Genealogies^ BrockhuU), and 
secondly, by license dated at Lewes 26th June, 1623, 
John, son of John Hosmer, of Rotherfield, clerk. 

Before leaving the Shermanbury branch of the Comber 
family, it is necessary to mention briefly the Combers of 
Chichester, who are said by Dallaway (Part III., p. 54) 
to have belonged to Shermanbury, and who certainly 
bore the same arms. They descend from William 
Comber, of St. Peter's, Chichester, blacksmith, who may, 
perhaps^ have been a son of the first William of Sherman- 
bury. 

Will of William Comber, of Chichester. 

7"* Dec' 1592. Nuncupative. " Wylliam Coomber of ye parish of 
S' Peters within the Citty of Chichester . . . Blacksmyth"— "ToSybill 
his wyffe the lease of his house during her naturall life and after 
her deceasse ... to John Coomber his sonne ... to remayne to 
Elizabeth Carpenter als Chambers his daughter" — **To the said 
Elizabeth Carpenter als Chambers his daughter his two stales of 
bees in his garden" — "To the said John Coomber his sonne his 
shoppe with all his tooles belonging to his occupation" . . . 
** Eesedue to ye saide Sybell his wife . . . whole executrix." 
Witnesses, John Coomber & Henry Eussell. — Proved in 1592. 
{Chichester Wills, Vol. 3, fo. 41.) 

Will of Sibyl Comber, of Chichester. 

26 Nov. 1615. * * Sibill Comber of the parishe of S' Peters in the North 
Streete of the Citty of Chichester . . . widdowe" — "To be buryed in 
the Church yarde of the Cathedral Church of Chichester by my 
husbande" — To John, Thomas, Alice and Joane Comber, the children of 
my son Comber each a platter — To the three younger of them 
viz' Richard, Mary & Elinor Comber each a pewter dish— John 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 139 

Ludbetter & Samuel Ledbettex — Residue to John Carpenter, my son- 
in-law, & to his son William after him. — Proved by John Carpenter, 
5 Apl. 1616. {Chichester Wills, Vol. 3, fo. 144.) 

John Comber, their only son, owned a large estate in 
the parish of Donnington, was an Alderman of Chichester, 
and held the office of Mayor in 1605. He married Joan, 
daughter of John Farington, also Alderman of that City. 

Will of John Comber, of Chichester. 

4 Feb. 1623. ** John Comber of Chichester, co. Sussex, citizen & 
alderman" — **To be buried in the parish church of St. Peter's juxta 
Guildhall" — To son John Cumber my house where I now dwell & the 
house wherein Stempes widow late dwelt — To son Thomas Comber, 
under 21, my lease of the land at Fishborne which I hold of S"^ 
William Bowyer — To daughter Alice Cumber my house wherein 
John Carpenter late dwelled — To daughter Joan Comber my house 
where Turner dwelleth — To daughter Anne Hall £10, & to her 3 
children £3 each at 18 — To son Richard Comber £20 to bind him 
apprentis— To Mary Comber £60 — To Elnor Comber £60 . . . 
To my sister Chambers 20" — Residue to son John Comber, sole Ex°' — 
"All the legacies aforegiven unto Alice, Joane & Thomas Comber 
shalbe in full satisfaction of all the legacies given unto them by there 
grandfather Farrington and grandmother Farrington." Witnesses, 
Anthonie Smith, John Combes, John Longhurst. — Codicil, 6 Feb. 
1623. Bequests of pewter & brass to children. Witnesses, Edward 
Lawrence, citizen & Alderman, and Alice Carpenter. — Proved at 
London by John Comber, 21 Apl. 1624. (P.C.C, 32, Byrde.) 

John Comber, of Donnington, the eldest son, was 
born in 1601. On 29th November, 1649, information 
was lodged against him '' that he is a delinquent & has 
not yet been sequestered ; that he sent a man, horse & 
arms to the King, was daily in the garrison at Chichester 
with the King's party, and in arms amongst them ; & 
that his real & personal estate is worth £20,000." (State 
Papers, Calendar for Advance of Money, Part II., pp. 
1167-8.) The proceedings dragged on for some time, 
among those called as witnesses being his brother Richard ; 
and eventually, on 28th March, 1652, he was discharged. 
In 1660 he served as High Sheriff for the counties of 
Sussex and Southampton, and, in 1677, purchased the 
Manor of Aldwick. He had considerable landed estate 
and was engaged in several law -suits relating to it. 
(Chancery Proceedings before 1714: Reyn 26-29, 405- 
125, 232-34, 236-44, 236-36, 46-18, 75-45.) He married 



140 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

Mary,** daughter of . . . Higgins, of Leigh, in the 
parish of Havant, but died s.p., in his 83rd year, on the 
20th November, 1684, and was buried in the Church of 
St. Peter the Less, or Sub-Castro, his M.I. being given 
in British Museum Additional MSS., 5,999, f. 351. 

Will of John Comber, of Chichester, Esq. 

14 Aug. 20 Charles II. To cousin Thomas Miller, citizen & Alder- 
man of Chichester, the manor of East Hampnett in Box Grove, also 
house & freehold lands in Selsej' — To John Miller, his son, lands in 
Greene als Wisborough Greene — To Thomas Miller, another son, 
house called Brickhouse in Petworth, also houses &c. in Ebemowe, in 
parish of Kerford — To Hanna Miller, his daughter, copyhold in 
trinsted, in Westborne parish — To Mary Miller, another daughter, 
house &c. in Burry — To Elizabeth Miller, another daughter, copyhold 
lands &c. in Strettington als Strethampton Boxgrave, in Westerton — 
To John Madgwicke, son of cousin William Madge wick, of London, 
copyhold houses in Dumpford, Katherine Madgwicke his mother to 
receive the rents until he is 21 — To William Madge wick, another son, 
house in Stroude Greene, in parish of Sidlesham, also house in Old 
Fishborne, in parish of Bosham — To Katherine Madgewick, his 
daughter, lands &c. in Selsey & East Norton — To Katherine Madge- 
wick, wife of said cousin, house &c. in Leigh, in parish of Havant, 
CO. Southampton — To cousins Mary, Katherine & Elizabeth Peck, 
dan" of my cousin John Peck, of London, leatherseller, £100 apiece— 
To cousin William Madgewick and Katherine his wife ; Hanna Miller 
wife of Thomas Miller ; Thomas Middleton of London, & Elizabeth 
his wife ; Mary Betts, widow, their sister ; John Peck of London ; 
Edward Madgweke of East hampnett & his now wife ; Henry Cobden 
of Midlavant and Mary his wife; and to Alice Fitness of London, 
widow, £5 apiece — To Elizabeth Hamon, dau' of said Elizabeth 
Middleton, £5 — To cousin Thomas Miller, the elder, my house next 
the Starr, in North Street, Chichester, which descended to me from 
my sister Alice Comber deceased — Eesidue to aforesaid Thomas Miller, 
Ex°'— Codicil, 1 Nov. 1684— To Hanna, Mary & Elizabeth, dau" of 
Thomas Miller, £50 apiece — To John son of William Madgwicke, £100 
— To William & Katherine, children of William Madgwicke, & to 
Katherine his wife, £50 apiece — To cousin Mary Hall £10 — To 
Thomas Miller all lands mortgaged to me by Thomas Hammond &c. 
— To Katherine, wife of William Madgwick, my manor of Aldweeke, 
for life, at her death to her son John —To William her son copyhold 
in parish of South Berslers, also £50 — To cousins Mary, Katherine 
& Elizabeth, dau" of John Peck, £100 apiece— To cousin Thomas 
Miller my manor of Fishborne. — Proved 20"* Dec. 1684 by Thomas 
Miller Esq. (P.C.C, 169, Hare.) 

1* So J. C. Brooke's MSS., but in the Registers of St. Peter the Great appears 
*' M» Barbara wife of John Comber, bur. 31 Dec. 1644." (Brit. Mus. Addl. MSS., 
5,999, fo. 395.) 



THE CfOMBERS OF SUSSEX. 141 

Thomas Comber, his next brother, was a citizen and 

merchant of Chichester, and his daughter Katherine was 

very probably the wife of William Madgwick referred to 

in the above will. 

Will of Thomas Comber, of Chichester. 

28 Mch. 1 634. To be buried in the highe churchyard of Chichester — 
To dau' Katherine my lease of lands in New Fishbome of a thousand 
yeares which my father gave to mee — To expected child £100 — 
Eesidue to wife Katherine, sole Exec'' ; if she intend to re-marry, to 
surrender to my brother John Comber, of Donington, said lease & 
£100. Witnesses, John Eogers, John Comber. —Codicil, 15 Apl. 
1634. Witnesses, Eichard Comber, John Comber. — Proved by relict 
2 Oct 1634. (P.C.C, 91, Seager.) 

Richard Comber, the youngest brother, may have been 
the Richard Comber of Donington, who, in the Pedigree 
of Devenish (DalL, Vol. I., Pt. ii.) is stated to have 
married Cicely, fourth daughter and co-heiress of William 
Devenish, of Hellingly, though I can find no confirma- 
tion of the match, and in the Pedigree of Tawke and 
Ryman (DalL, Vol. I., Pt. iii., p. 96) the husband of this 
lady is given as R. Lumley. The following entries of 
baptisms in the Registers of St. Peter the Great (Brit. 
Mus. Add. MSS., 5,999) may relate to his children: — 

Thomas, son of M' Eichard Comber, baptized 4 Aug. 1 642. 
George, „ „ „ „ „ „ 13 Oct. 1648. 

James, ,, „ ,, „ ,, » 1^ July 1650. 

Elizabeth, dau' „ „ „ „ 10 Aug. 1652. 

Will of Eichard Comber, of Chichester. 

14 Aug. 1658. To eldest son, John Comber, £50 at 22— To son 
Thomas Comber my house bought of M' Eichard Stanly & Dorothy 
his wife deceased : also £100 when he shall have served his apprentice- 
ship, or at the age of 22 — To son, Eichard, £40 at 22 — To dau"" Marie 
Comber £200 at 21 or marriage — Eesidue to wife Elizabeth, sole Exec*. 
Witnesses, John Eobson, John Comber. — Proved by relict 31 Jan 
1658. (P.C.C, 2, Pell.) 

Will of Elizabeth Comber, of Chichester, widow. 

19 Mch. 1667. To daughter Mary Goldham, wife of M' Henrie 
Goldham, of London, haberdasher of small wares, £20, a bed &c. 
Also one silver porringer marked in her own name &c all which I left 
at her brother Eichard Comber's house at London — To son Eichard 
Comber house & lands bought of Thomas Arderin late of Donnington 
— To son Thomas all my household goods & linen in my chambers 
at Chichester and Donnington — Also my lease of house & lands in 
Donnington wherein he now dwells — Eesidue to son Eichard, sole 



142 THE CfOMBERS OP SUSSEX. 

Ex". Witn', John Comber John Eobson &c.— Proved by Ex*»' 14 
Nov. 1668. (P.C.C, 137, Hene.) 

Of their children, Thomas Comber married Elizabeth, 
daughter and co-heiress of Richard Heighes, of Eastmeon, 
CO. Sou than ts, and, on 12 th Feb., 1666, he and his wife 
brought an action (Chancery Proceedings before 1714: 
Reyn. 42-16, 404-277) concerning certain tithes there 
to which she laid claim. 

Will of Thomas Comber, of Chichester, Gent. 

20 Nov. 1674. To wife Elizabeth my house in East S*, Chichester, 
on the east side ; also house on the AVest side — also house in North S\ 
Chichester— also all lands &c in Donnington, & my manor of S* Cleares 
alias Clares in the Tything of Milborne, co. Sussex — To god- 
daughter Mary Pellatt, dau' of Eichard Pellatt, of Chichester, £100 
— To cousin William Peachy, of Chichester, £100; & to Ann Peachy, 
his daughter, £100— To the poor, £50— To M' John Corbett & my 
cousin M' Marten, £10 apiece — Eesidue to wife, Elizabeth, Exec^. — 
Proved 1" July 1675 by relict. (P.C.C, 143, Dycer.) 

His widow appears to have re-married John Peachey, 
of Pet worth, gentleman, then a widower aged about 40, 
she being aged about 36, by license from Vicar-General, 
dated 30th June, 1684. (Harleian Society, XXX., 170.) 

Richard Comber, youngest son of the last Richard, 
was of St. Olave's, Southwark, citizen and grocer of 
London ; he seems to have died unmarried. 

Will of Eichard Comber, of S' Olave's, Southwark. 

2 Oct., 1669. To my sister Mary, wife of Henry Golding, £300, 
remainder, if she die without issue, to my brother Thomas Cumber — 
To my brother Thomas Cumber, farm called Huntson farm, in parish 
of Buntington, co. Sussex, and my interest in Arderne's farm in 
Dunnington — To cousin John Peck & his 3 daughters 40' each for 
rings — To the daughter of my uncle Edward Magick £30 — To my 
uncle John Cumber, of Dunnington, Esq', £200, sole Ex°'. Friend 
JohnFirsdon, overseer.— Proved by Ex°', 7 Oct. 1669. (P.C.C, 121, 
Coke.) 

Of the daughters of the 1st John Comber, of Don- 
nington, Alice died unmarried. 

Will of Alice Comber, of Chichester, spinster. 

4 Nov., 1658. Confirms surrender to "my brother-in-law Marke 
Miller " of a house & lands in South Leisted, subject to the payment of 
£22. 10s. to his son Thomas Miller, & also **£9 a yeare u^til the 
mortgage made unto me by William Peachey, yeoman, late deceased, 
be redeemed " — To my nephews Robert, John & Henry Miller and to 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 143 

niece Mary Miller, £60 apiece, at 22 — To my nephews Thomas & 
John Hall, & my nieces Joan, Ann, Elizabeth & Mary Hall, £5 apiece 
— ** To my brother Master John Cumber two eleaven shilling pieces of 
gold " — To John Comber, eldest son of my brother Richard Cumber, 
deceased, a double silver salt seller — To my kinsman Thomas Comber, 
to Eichard Comber, his brother, and Mary Comber his sister — To my 
sister Mary wife of my brother-in-law Marke Miller — To Agnes 
Boades, widow, [sundry small bequests] — Residue to said Marke 
Miller, Ex°'. My friends master Thomas CoUine & Master Joseph 
Taylor, of Chichester, overseers.— Proved by Ex°' 24 June 1659. 
(P.C.C, 366, PeU.) 

Mary, another daughter, married Mark Miller, Esqr., 
Alderman and J.P. for Chichester, and Mayor in 1662 ; 
and their eldest son,^^ Thomas Miller, was executor and 
principal legatee to his uncle, John Comber, and was 
created a Baronet 29th Oct., 1705. He was ancestor of 
the present Baronets of Froyle, in Hants, from whom 
are descended the Earls of Albemarle and Leicester, 
Viscounts Powerscourt, &c. 

We now revert to Richard, the second son of John 
Rivers, alias Comber, who resided, like his father, at 
Balcombe, and was buried there 26th July, 1558.^^ 

Will of Ricbard Comber, of Balcombe, yeoman. 

14 July 1558. "I will &c unto Wylliam my second sonne my landes 
callyd Ryekes lyinge on the west syde of the strete " — ** Unto Roger my 
yongest sonne all my landes callyd Kempes " — * * Unto Rychard my sonne 
three pounds vi* viii'' " — ** Item I geve unto my two doughters Johan and 
Margerye to yther of them iii" vi** viii**'* at 21 or marriage — Residue 
to wife Elizabeth, sole Exec"" — ** And also I wyll and mak my brother 
William Comber of Shermanbury to be overseer of this my last wyll " — 
Wytn esses, S' Wylliam Mawdysley personne of balcombe AV™ Comber, 
John Comber.— Proved *4n Vicaria de Cuckfelde *' P* Oct 1558. 
{Lewes, Vol. A4, fol. 204.) 

He was twice married, and the following entries from 
the Balcombe Registers relate to his children : — 

Clemence, d. of Richard Comber bapt. 15 Sep. 1539. 

„ ,, ,, ,, „ bur. 25 Sep. 1539. 

Johanna „ „ „ „ bap. 5 Jan. 1541. 

^ Robert Miller, another son, died in 1669. Will, dated 27th May, 1668, with 
codicils dated 29th March and 31 st May, 1669 — Mentions his father, Mark Miller, 
then living— Brother John Miller — Brother Henry, under 21— Sisters Mary 
Blackman and Hannah Miller — Brother Thomas Miller's children, John, Thomas, 
Hannah and Mary, all under 21 — Uncle Cumber, of Donington. — Proved by 
brother Thomas Miller, the Executor, 22nd June, 1669. (P.C.C, 73, Coke.) 

w "Richard Comber dyed the 26'** daye of July anno supradicto.'* (Balcombe 
Registers.) 



144 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

Margery Comber bom in lawful marriage . . 22 Apl. 1543. 

Eichard Ryber „ >, » » 20 Sep. 1545. 

William Comber, s. of Eichard Comber & 

Margarett his wyfPe bapt. 16 Nov. 1547. 

Eoger Comber, s. of Eichard Comber ,, 26 Jan. 1549. 

n M »» » » » ^iir. 31 Jan. 1549. 

Eobert, s. of Eichard Eever bap. 30 Mch. 1551. 

Eobert Comber (puer) bur. 4 Aug. 1551. 

William Comber (puer) „ 6 Aug. 1551. 

William, s. of Eichard Comber bapt. 9 Aug. 1552. 

Of the above, the daughter Joane died unmarried. 

Will of Joane Comber, of Balcombe. 

15 Mch. 1567. **My bodye to be buryed in the churchyarde of 
Shepley " — To my brothers Eichard, William and Eoger Comber x" to 
be equally distributed among them — To brother William " my chest 
that stands at my father in lawes."" — To sister Margery "my best 
kyrtill and my best peticott ' ' — To Anne Muddle * * my best lynnen . . . 
with my silver hookes and pynnes and the cheste to keep it in " till 21, 
then the said chest to Eoger Comber my brother. — Proved by Eoger 
Comber, brother of deceased 16 Apl 1567. (Lewes, Vol. A5, fo. 429.) 

The eldest son, Richard, had issue, probably, the 
following : — 

Marianne Comber, dau' of Eichard Comber, bap. at B. 8 Mch. 1572. 
Jane „ „ „ „ ,, „ 14 Aug. 1575. 

Agnes „ „ „ „ „ „ 2 Dec. 1577, 

bur.23 Dec. 1577. 
Elizabeth ,, „ „ „ „ „ 2 Dec. 1577. 

Annie „ ,, ,, ,, ,, „ 6 Jan. 1579. 

William, the second surviving son, lived first at 
Balcombe and afterwards at Henfield. His first wife 
was buried at Balcombe 21st March, 1587, and he married 
secondly, at Cowfold, in 1595, Margaret Boll, who 
survived him and re-married Thomas Parsons, of Hen- 
field, by license, dated 12th October, 1619. 

Will of William Comber, of Henfield, yeoman. 

16 Feb. 161 J. To wife Margery my house & lands, leasehold & 
freehold, in Henfield, for life, with remainder to Francis, son of my 
brother Roger Comber, remainder to Philip, another son of said Roger 
Comber — To said kinsman Philip an annuity of £3 for life — To 

^7 Her mother had re-married John Muddle, of Balcombe. In his will, dated 
10th May, and proved 23rd July, 1562 {Lewes ^ Vol. A5, fo. 2), he mentions his 
wife, Elizabeth, and her late husband, Eichard Comber— Jane Comber, his wife's 
daughter— John, Hugh, Anne and Margaret Muddle, children by his first wife — 
and Anne, his youngest daughter, ** by Elizabeth my now wife." 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 145 

grandchild Mary Gratwick, dau' of Owen Gratwick & my deceased 
daughter, £20, in addition to the £20 covenanted to be paid by me 
subject to a similar payment by her father the said Owen Gratwick, 
making her portion £60 — said Mary under 21 — Wife & kinsman 
Francis Comber, Ex°" — Friends, William Heath, of Shermanbury, 
& John Roberts, of Cowfold, the younger. Overseers — Witnesses, 
Thomas Parson & others.— Proved 26 Mch 1618. {Lewes, Vol. Al6, 
fo. 131.) 

He had issue : — 

Thomas Comber, baptised at Balcombe, 28th August, 
1577. 

William Comber, baptised at Balcombe, 21st September, 
1579; buried at Henfield 18th December, 1606. 

Anne, baptised at Balcombe 2nd August, 1584 ; married 
at Henfield 26th October, 1607, Owen Gratwick, of 
Henfield. She was buried there 14th November, 
1617, and her husband 25th January, 163 5, adminis- 
tration of his estate being granted 1st March, 163 5. 
They had issue an only daughter, Mary, baptised at 
Henfield 17th July, 1611. 

Roger Comber, youngest son, resided at Chiltington, 
and was buried at Westmeston 9th January, 1615. 

Will of Eoger Comber, of Chiltington. 
8 Aug. 1614— To son William, £10— To youngest son, Philip, £50, 
to be paid to Francys Challoner of Horsted Keynes, gent. — To Mary 
Comber, eldest dau"", £50 — To dau" Dorothy, Jane & Ellynor Comber, 
£50 each— To youngest dau', Sara, £50, to be paid to John MascoU, 
of Plumpton, gent. — Wife Dorothy — Residue to eldest son, Francis 
Comber, sole Ex°^— Proved at London 25 Jan 161 g. (P.C.C, 3, Cope. 
Leives, Yol. A28, fo. 61.) 

The following entries in the Chiltington (Westmeston) 
Registers relate to his family : — 

Mary, dau' of Roger Comber, of Chiltington, 

bapt. at S* John's, Lewes 6 Ap. 1587. 

Francis, s. of M"" Roger Comber bap. 2 Men. 1589. 

William, s. of „ „ „ „ 21 Nov. 1591. 

Dorothy, d"" of ,, ,, „ ,, 5 May 1594. 

Jane, d' of „ „ „ „ 10 July 1596. 

Eleanor, d' of „ „ „ „ 25 Nov. 1599. 

[Philip] s. of „ „ „ „ 14 Oct. 1603. 

Sarah, d' of ,, „ „ „ 11 May 1606. 

Thomas Chatfield & Dorothy Cumber marr. 28 Nov. 1616. 

Eleanor, d' of Roger Comber bur. 12 Jan. 1615. 

M" Comber, widow „ 11 June 1633. 

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146 THE COMBERS OP SUSSEX. 

Francis, his son, married Jane, daughter of . . • 
Draper, of LitKngton, by license dated 31st March, 1619. 

John, s. of M' Francis & Jane Camber .... bap. 9 Mch. 1624. 

Eleanor, d' of M' IVancis Ooomber „ 162g. 

Benjamin, s. of M' Francis Coomber „ 10 Dec. 1633. 

Returning now to John, the youngest son of John 
Rivers, alias Comber, of Balcombe, described in the 
above-named deed as "of Lindfield," it seems most 
probable that he was identical with the John Comber, 
of Sedlescombe, co. Sussex, who heads the pedigree in 
the Surrey Visitation of 1623. That these Surrey 
Combers were very closely allied to those of Balcombe 
and Allington is evident, for both bore identical arms, 
and Thomas Comber, of Allington, the undoubted son 
and heir of John, of Lindfield, appoints " Mr. William 
Comber, of Wotten in Surrey, Gent.," one of the over- 
seers to his will; and this William signed the Surrey 
Visitation pedigree. This commences with John Comber, 
of Sedlescombe, co. Sussex, who, by Joane Mills, his 
wife, had issue (1) Thomas Comber, son and heir, of 
whom nothing further is mentioned, (2) John Comber, 
whose descendants are given for two generations, and (3) 
William Comber, of Dorking,^® who married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John Clarke, but had no issue. It seems, 
therefore, a reasonable assumption that the Thomas of 
the Surrey Visitation, and the Thomas of Allington, of 
the Sussex Visitation, were identical. In most of the 
copies of the Sussex Visitation in the Harleian MSS. 
Thomas, of Allington, is stated to have had a brother 
William. 

Will of John Comber, of Sedlescombe. 

17 Feb. 1557. "To beburyed in the Churchyard of Selscombe"—**! 
will have at my buryinge day ii Masses and dirges and the bred of a 
bushell of wheat an a uther bnshell of here . . . and at my moneths 
day on mass, and it be in lent to bestow amongs the poore breade and 
drynke and herryngpyes " — " And at my yeris mynd . . . ii Masses 
and breade and drynke for the poore people " — " To or Church at 

18 Wotton is close to Dorking. He was buried at Wotton the 21st May, 1624, 
and his widow on the 13th July, 1627, their burials being recorded in both the 
Wotton and Dorking Registers. These Combers continued at Wotton tUl the 
death, in 1716, of William Cumber, great grandson of John, the second son above- 
named, who left co-heiresses only. 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 147 

Selscombe vi" & viii'* to by a crose clothe " — " Item I will a payer of 
candlesticks to stand at the hie altar'* — "Item I will have v tapers to 
born before the bed " — "To Thomas my sonne iiii oxen and iiii sters 
and ii Mayres and their venlyghtis (?) yocks plow and harrows etc " — 
"Thomas my sonne shall deliver to John his brother iiii draweing 
steers at the xxi yer of his age and ii Mair and xx** of money" — "To 
William my sonvi^viii^ at xvi years of his age" — "To my dowghters 
Amys, Elinor and Margery . . . xxvi" and viii** apeece" — "Thomas 
my sonne shall keep his mother with his carriage and other husbandry 
als long as she is my vedo " — Residue to " Jone my wyfe," sole Exec^ 
—Proved 25 May 1558. {Lewes, Yol. A4, fo. 46.) 

Thomas Comber, of AUington, the eldest son, was a 
J. P. for the County of Sussex, and married EUinor, 
daughter of Nicholas Chaloner, of Chiltington (by Margaret, 
daughter of John Mascall),^^ and relict of Peter Markwick,^ 
of AUington, in the parish of St. John's-sub-Castro, Lewes, 
who had left that estate to his widow for life. In 1579 
he had a law-suit with Henry Chauntler and George 
Goringe, concerning a copyhold, called Agmentes land 
in the Manor of Barcombe (Chancery Proceedings, Series 
II., 207-3, 207-29). In 1584 he sold to Gilbert Gilham, 
of Worth, the land in Ardingly, which his father pur- 
chased in 1524. This deed is also in the Society's Library 
(see S.A.a, Vol. XXXVIL, p. 43) and runs:— 

NoSint uniS p pntes me Thomam Comber de AUington in Oonl 
Sussex yoman teneri et firmiP obligari Gilberto Gillam de Worthe in 
Oofl ^d^ Colyer in Trigint sex^ libris bone et leglis monete Anglie 
Solvend^ eidem Gilbert exe^ admi^str^ vel assigS suis Ad qm quidem 
solucoem bene et fidelit faciend^ oblige me . . . firmit p pfltes Sigillo 
meo sigillat Dat vicesimo die Novembris Anno regni dnoe^ nroe^ 

19 Harleian MSS. 892, 33b. See SA.C, Vol. XLIV., p. 119. Will of Nicholas 
Chaloner, of Chiltington, gent., 9 Aug. 1554. Wife, Margaret. Sons, Richard & 
Nicholas, latter under 21 . Dau", Joane & Alice, unmarried. Margaret Markwick, 
dau' of son-in-law, Peter Markwick. Daughter, Elynor, now wife of Peter 
Markwick. Overseers, brother Thomas Chaloner & old John Michelboume, of 
Westmeston. Proved 1 June 1556. (Lewes, Vol. A3, fo. 184.) Will of Margaret 
Chaloner, of Westmeston, widow, 30 July 1589. Son, Nicholas Chaloner, Ex**'. 
Francis, Richard, Nicholas, Anne & Ellinor, his children. Mr. Sherman's 
wife, my god-daughter at Lewes. Mary, wife of John Chatfill. Ellinor, dau' of 
Richard Ockenden. Proved 23 Nov. 1589. (Lewes, Vol. A8, fo. 328.) 

» Will of Peter Markwick, of West AUington, Par. of St. John's-sub-Castro, 
Lewes. 1 Feb., 1562. To be buried at Hamsey. Dau", Margaret, Dyonyse, 
Elizabeth & Dorothy, imder 21. Thomasyn & Anne Plasted, my sister's dau». 
James Markwick, my brother's son. Residue to wife Elynor, sole Exec*. 
Overseers, Nicholas Mabbe, John Playsted, Thoms a more. Witness, John 
Markwick, of Alyngton. Freehold lands in West Alyngton to wife Elynor, to 
bring up my children, with remainder to dau' Margaret ; remainder to Dyonyse ; 
remainder to Elizabeth. Proved 9 Mch 1562. (Lewes, Vol. A5, fo. 111.) 

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148 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

Elizabeth^ dei graP Anglie Sr&nS et hiBnie Eegine fidei defensor &c 
vicesimo septimo— by me Thomas Comber. Sealed & delivered in the 
presence of Roger Comber (Mark), William Dman (Mark), John 
Uyllam (Mark), Thomas Carew (Mark). 

On the back of the parchment is an endorsement in 
English to the eflfect that : — 

" Whereas the withinbound Thomas Comber by his deed bearing the 
date of these presents hathe bargayned sold etc unto the within named 
Gilbert Gillam etc. All that peece of land etc called Cowarstret 
conteyning etc . . . in the pishe of Erdinglighe ... to the lands 
of Lawrence Mychelborne gent on the East & southe ptes the Quenes 
highe waye there on West and the lands of John ffonnell on the northe 
. . . Yf therefore the said Gilbert (Hllam etc. shall & maye peaceablio 
& quietlye have hold etc . . . the said peece of land . . . without 
anye lawfull lett trouble etc. of the said Thomas Comber etc. or of 
Elynor nowe his wyfe etc . . . Then this psent obligacon to be voyd 
etc ..." 

In 1588 he contributed £25 for the defence of the 
country at the time of the Spanish Armada (S.A.C.y 
Vol. I., p. 37). He was buried at St. John's-sub-Castro, 
Lewes, 9th Feb., 161§.'' 

Will of Thomas Comber, of Allington, gentleman. 

26 Nov. 1612. ** Unto Thomas Comber my sonne John Comber his 
Sonne my lease and term of yearis which I have of the demeans of the 
Manor of Allington " — " Unto John Aylwin the younger my daughter 
Mary's sonne my lease and term of yeris yet to come which I have of 
the moiety of the Manor of Camoys Court in the parish of Barcombe 
... of the demyse of Maurice Buckland Esquire"— To said John 
Aylwin the younger " my parsonage of South ees " — To Ellioner Aylwin, 
my daughter Mary's daughter, £150 — To Ellioner, Thomas, James & 
John Comber, my son John Comber's children, £10 each — "To 
Ellioner Stanfeilde my daughter EUioner's daughter £5 " — **To John 
Comber, my sonne, £10 " — Residue to said John Aylwin the younger, 
sole Ex*''' — Overseers : — M"" Herbert Springett gentleman, Thomas 
Dawson, M"^ William Comber of Wotten in Surrey, gentleman and 
Thomas Darrinton, of Lewes.— Proved 25 Apl. 1613. (P.C.C., 33, 
Capell. Lewes, Yol. A28, fo. 47.) 

Francis Comber, his eldest son, matriculated at Hart 
Hall, Oxford, 17th July, 1584, then aged 19 ; he married 
Elizabeth . . ., but died s.p., administration of his 

81 ** Thomas Oomber of Allington gent, was buried ffeb. 9« 1612." (Registers, 
St. John-sub-Castro.) 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 149 

eflfects being granted {Lewes ^ Vol. B2, fo. 213) on 16th 
January, 159g, to his sister, Mary Ay 1 win, his widow 
renouncing. Subsequently, on 9th April, 1612, a fresh 
administration was granted (Lewes^ Vol. B3, fo. 265) to 
his father. 

Of Thomas Comber's daughters, Ellinor married at 
Plumpton, 24th March, 1592, by license, at Lewes, dated 
20th March, John Stansfield, of Lewes, gentleman, and 
was buried at All Saints, Lewes, 6th October, 1613.^ 
Mr. Stansfield married, secondly, Jane, daughter of 
Thomas Michell, of Rudgwick (by Walsingham Colbrand, 
his wife), and, dying 23rd February, 1626, was buried in 
All Saints Church. His widow erected a tablet to his 
memory and herself re-married William Newton,* of 
Southover, Esq. Ellinor, the only child and heiress of 
John Stansfield, was born 17th November, 1598 (S.A.C.y 
Vol. IV., 228, note), and married at St. Saviour's, South- 
wark, 27th January, 1613, Richard Evelyn, of Wotton, 
Surrey, Esq., by whom she was the mother of the 
celebrated John Evelyn, from whom are descended the 
Barons Vernon, Harcourts of Nuneham, &c. 

Mary, another daughter of Thomas Comber, married 
John Aylwin, of Preston, in Binderton, who died 24th 
August, 1 James I. Inq. P.M., at Lewes, 15th September 
following. Their pedigree is recorded in the Visitation 
of 1662. 

Anne, another daughter, married . . . Sherman, of 
Lewes. She is mentioned in her brother John's will ; 
and her grandmother, Margaret Chaloner, mentions ^^ my 
goddaughter Mr. Sherman's wife at Lewes." 

John Comber, the only surviving son, was Sessor for 
Hamsey at the Subsidy of 1621 (S.A.C., Vol. IX., fo. 71), 
being assessed at 40s. in lands, and paying 5s. 4d. He 
married at St. John's, Southover, 8th June, 1603 (license 

22 " 1613. Elinor Stanfield the wife of John Stanfleld was buryed October 6*i» 
Anno Proed'* (All Saints Begisters transcript). 

28 See S.A.C.y Vols. IV., p. 228, IX., p. 335, XLVI., p. 108, where she is 
erroneously called the grandmother of John Evelyn. 



150 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

at Lewes, 7th June), Anne, daughter of James Plumer,^* 
of Southover (by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of 
Robert Lawrence, of Southover). She was buried at St. 
John's-sub-Castro, 2nd August, 1623, and her husband 
was buried there 6th April, 1626."" 

Will of John Comber, of Allington, Gent. 

1 Apl. 1626. To be buried in the Churchyard of S' Johns under 
the Castle of Lewes. — My goods and household stuffe shall be all sold 
. . . for the raising of stock or portions for Ellinor Anne John 
Francis and James Comber — The lease of the farm of Allington and all 
my lands freehold and copyhold which were sometime demised to one 
Edward Burtenshaw late farmer to the said lands now deceased shall 
be put to lease for 5 yeares — To dau' Ellenor £150 — To John Comber 
my Sonne £100 — To Francis Comber my sonne £100 — To James 
Comber my sonne £100 — To Anne Comber my daughter £100 — All 
above sums to be given them at 21 or marriage. To my sister 
Sherman £5 — To either of my servants £12 apiece — Eesidue to 
Thomas Comber my sonne, sole Ex**"^ — Overseers my brothers-in-law 
James PlGmer and Thomas Russell of Southover. — Proved by Ex°' 17 
June 1626. {Lewes, Yol. A19, fo. 115.) 

In addition to three children, who died young, viz. : — 
James, baptised at St. John's 12th May, 1608 ; mentioned 
in his grandfather's will, 1612; buried at St. John's 3rd 
January, 161 1. Robert, baptised at St. John's 23rd 
November, 1611 ; buried there 13th February, 161^. 

2* Will of James Plomer, of Southover, yeoman, 13 May 1608. To be buried in 
par. Ch. of Southover. Wife, Elizabeth Plomer ; Robert Lawrence, her father. 
Son, James, Ex<>' ; James, his son, under 21. Son, Robert. Son, Henry ; James, 
his son, under 21. Youngest son, Edward, under 23. Dau' Elizabeth, wife of 
James Russell; James, their son, imder 21. Dau*" Anne, wife of John Comber. 
Dau"^ Joane, unmarr^. Pr. 3 June 1608. {Lewes, Vol. A28, fo. 20.) Will 
of Elizabeth Plummer, of Southover, widdow, 24 Ap 1614. Son, James ; James 
and Thomas, his sons. Son, Henry, James (Ex^'), Elizabeth, Mary & Anne, 
children by his 1st wife, all imder 21 ; a child & expected child, by his now 
wife. Son, Robert; his children. Son, Edward, under 21. Dau'^ Elizabeth, 
wife of Thomas Russell (Overseer) ; James, their son. To dau'^ Anne, wife of 
John Comber, "my silke Grogerayne Gowne my Velvett hatt & my best Kirtle ; ** 
Thomas, their son. Dau"^ Joane, wife of . . . Carter ; William, their son. 
My sister Young. Pr^ 11 Feb. 1617. (Lewes, Vol. A28, fo. 88.) Will of Robert 
Lawrence, of Southover, yeoman, 13 Nov. 1588. To be bur. at Southover. Wife, 
Joane. Dau"^ Elizabeth, wife of James Plomer ; Robert, James & Henry, their 
sons. Henry Lawrence, of Chiddingfold. Joane, wife of John ffawkener ; James 
& John, their sons, under 21 . Brother John Lawrence. John & Edward Midmore, 
imder 21 ; their sister Mary, deceased. Residue to son-in-law, Alexander Longley, 
ExO'^ ; Martha, his wife. Proved 14 Jan. 1588, by James Plomer, Exo'^ to Alexander 
Longley. {Lewes, Vols. A8, fo. 241-3, B2, fo. 66.) A pedigree of these Plumers 
is in the Visitation of 1662. 

2* *• 1624. The second day of August was Buryed Anne Comber the wife of 
John Comber. * ' ' * ApriU 1626. The vi' day was buried John Comber of Allington. ' ' 
(St. John*8-sub-Castro Registers transcripts.) 



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151 



An tie, baptised at St, John's 33 rd June, and buried there 
24th Juncj 1609 — he had issue^ according to the Visita- 
tion of 1634, four sons, Thomas, Johnj Francis and 
James, and two daughters j Elinor, who married at 
Barcombe, 9tli February, 1628j Thomas Lulham, of 
Soutliwark, citizen and cutler of London, to whom his 
brother-in-law, James, was apprenticed, and Anne, 
baptised at St John's 4th Augustj 1618, and buried there 
25th Jul J, 1632- 

Thomas Comber, the eldest son, was baptised at St. 
John's 23rd February, 1606, and succeeded to AUiiigton 
at his father's death. He married at Barcombe on 25th 
May (license at Lewes 20th May), 1626, Elizabeth, 
daughter and co-heiress^^ of Edward Brook, of Barcombe, 
yeoman, and he signed the Visitation pedigree of 1634» 
By this wife ho had issue — (1) Thomas, baptised at 
Barcombe 14 th May, 1627; buried there 4 th May, 1628, 
(2) Samuel, baptised at Barcombe 10th July, 1631 
(Visitation 1634). (3) Thomas, baptised at Barcombe 
7th October, 1634; buried there 12th December, 1637. 
(4) George, baptised at Barcombe 12th May, 1636. (5) 
Arthur, baptised at Barcombe 20th September, 1638; 
buried there 2nd Sept embers 1639, (a) Anne, baptised 
at Barcombe 29th March, 1628 (Visitation 1634> (b) 
Mary, baptised at Bai^combe 31st August, 1629 (Visita- 
tion 1634)* He is said^ to haye married, secondly, 
Elinor, daughter of , . . Bragge; but I have found no 
authority for the statement. The following entries in 
the Barcombe Registei*s may possibly, but very doubt- 
fully, refer to children by this wife : — Judith, baptised 
29th April, 1649. Edmund, baptised 30th March, 
165L George, baptised 30th March, 1651; buried 8th 
September, 1657. Francis and Ellen (twins), baptised 
18th March, 1653. Joanna, baptised 22nd JunOj 1656, 
who was perhaps the Jane referred to in her cousin 
Esther^s wiU below. Of Thomas Comber himself I have 
found no further notice, except the mention made of lum 
in his niece Esther's will ; nor have I been able to 

^ The other co-heirees tvos Audrey, wife of Edward Middleton. 

" Brit. Mu^, Addl. MsSS. (Paver^B MSS,}, 20, 674, fo. 219. J. C. Brooke^a MSS. 



152 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

trace how Allington passed away from the family. It 
eventually came into the possession of Richard Barnard, 
Esq., who, by his will proved in 1764 (P.C.C., 453, 
Simpson), left it to a different branch of the Comber 
family, who came from Lindfield, and they possessed it 
down to about 1830, when it was sold to the Shiffners. 

John Comber, second surviving son of the last John, 
was baptised at St. John's 22nd November, 1610. He is 
described, by J. C. Brooke, as a citizen of London, but 
in the marriage license of his daughters Elizabeth and 
Mary as a barber chirurgeon, of Tenterden, Kent. He 
was twice married,^ first to Anne, daughter of . . . 
Stanley and relict of . . . Brombricke, and secondly 
to Elizabeth, daughter of . . . Lathbury. He had 
issue a son, Anthony Comber, who, in Easter term 3 
Anne [170|] executed a fine concerning lands in Tenter- 
den against the wife of James Comber, his relative {Feet 
of Fines), There are three marriage licenses at Canter- 
bury relating to him; the first, on 6th May, 1676, 
between Anthony Cumber, of Tenterden, yeoman, 
bachelor, aged 27, and Sobriety Hills, of Biadenden, 
spinster, aged 21. This engagement must have fallen 
through, for, on 10th September, 1677, a license was 
granted for Anthony Cumber, of Tenterden, grazier, 
bachelor, 28, and Elizabeth Tooke, of Lynton, spinster, 
32. Finally, on 23rd, July 1691, for Anthony Comber, of 
Tenterden, yeoman, widower, and Mary Begg, of same 
place, spinster. 

Of John Comber's daughters, Elizabeth married Paul 
Holmes, of Tenterden, yeoman, the license from the 
Vicar-General being dated 27th October, 1 662, he being 
then about 25 and she 21 years of age. They had issue 
a son, Francis Holmes, mentioned in his aunt Esther's 
will. 

Esther Comber, another daughter, died unmarried. 
Will of Esther Comber, spinster. 

20 Aug. 1681. Late of 8' Buttolph without Bishopsgate, London, 
& now of S^ 01ave*s, South wark, co. Surrey — £50 given me by 
my deceased father John Cumber, as yet unpaid, to be divided 

28 J. C. Brooke's MSS. 



THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 153 

between his surviving children— To my honoured mother, Elizabeth 
Cumber, £15 — To my sister Mary, £10 — I forgive my brother 
Anthony Cumber the ten ' pounds which he oweth me — To sister 
Katherine £10 — To sister Hannah, £10— To sister Jane, £15 — To my 
nephew Francis Holmes, £15, at 21— To my aunt-in-law the now 
wife of my uncle Thomas Cumber, £10, and to his dau" Jane Cumber 
& Mary Cumber, £5 each — ^To Susan Comber and Mary Comber, 
dau" of my kinsman James Comber, of S' Saviour's, Southwarke, 
upholder, 30" apiece. Residue to the said James Comber, sole Ex°'. — 
Proved 25 Aug. 1681. (P.C.C., 117, North.) 

Of the sisters mentioned in above will, Mary married, 
by license, at St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, 1st 
February, 1667, Joseph Greenland, of Tenterden, 
yeoman ; and Jane, by license, at St. Andrew's, Canter- 
bury, Nathaniel White, of Woodchurch, yeoman, 25th 
September, 1683. 

Francis Comber, third surviving son of John Comber, 
of AUington, was baptised at Chiltington in May, 1614, as 
'' Francis, son of John Cumber of St. John's sub Castro, 
Lewes." He was a '^citizen of London" and married 
Elizabeth, daughter of John Evans, of London.^ 

Will of Elizabeth Comber, widow. 

24 Dec. 1679. Of S* Buttolph without Aldgate, London—*'! give 
&c my house and land &c in Treboeth and Bleth Yaughe co. Eadnor, 
unto my daughter Elizabeth Comber &c" — To my brother John 
Comber and his wife 50* apiece — To my son Francis £20 — To son 
John £30 — To my grandsons John & Francis, sons of my son 
Francis, £20 — Unto my cozen Brittan and her daughter Cooke and 
to my landlady Thomasine Shipley 10* apiece for rings — Eesidue to 
my said dau'^ Elizabeth Comber, sole Exec''. — Proved 17 Oct. 1687, by 
Elizabeth Vincent alias Comber, wife of John Vincent, the Exec''. 
(P.C.C, 124, Foot.) 

Of their children nothing further is known, unless the 
following entries in the Registers of St. Botulph's, 
Bishopsgate, refer to their son John : — 

John, s. of John & Elizabeth Comber bap. 19 Feb. 1681. 

Elizabeth, d. of John & Elizabeth Comber. . „ 4 Ap. 1686, 

bur^ 16 Jan. 168?. 
Sarah, d. of „ „ „ „ • • bap. 26 Feb. 1688. 

Elizabeth Cumber, aged 43 bur* 22 Aug. 1700. 

John Cumber, aged 55 ,, 12 Jan. 1706. 

29 J. C. Brooke*8 pedigree at College of Arms. It was under a brother of this 
lady, who kept a school on Tower Hill, that the Dean of Durham received hia 
early education. {3/emoirs of Dean Comber, p. 12.) 



154 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

We now come to James Comber, the youngest son of 
John, of Allington, and the father of Dean Comber. 
He was baptised at St. John's, 20th August, 1615, and 
was apprenticed, as a Cutler, to his brother-in-law, Mr. 
Lulham, being made free of the Company 21st June, 
1639.®* He married Mary, the youngest daughter of 
Bryan Burton, of Westerham, co. Kent (by Alice 
Austen, his wife), who had previously married, at 
Westerham, on 30th April, 1638, Mr. Edward Hamden. 
This gentleman died on the 10th April, 1639, and was 
buried at Westerham on the 12th, leaving an infant 
daughter Mary, who subsequently became the wife of 
Thomas Puckle, gent., and was buried at Westerham 
29th June, 1684; they had issue three daughters, Mary, 
baptised at Westerham, 12th August, 1660,®^ Elizabeth, 
baptised at Westerham, 12th September, 1675, and 
buried there 6th October, 1694, and Anne, baptised at 
Westerham, 9th July, 1677. Dean Comber leaves 
legacies to his nieces Mary and Anne Puckle. 

James Comber, who, with his father-in-law, had to fly 
the country on account of his loyalty, died at Harwich 
on the 1st February, 167^, and was buried at the Parish 
Church there, but has left no will or administration. 
At his death his widow went to reside with her son in 
Yorkshire, died at East Newton, in her 54th year, on the 
13th May, 1672, and was buried in the chancel of 
Stonegrave Church, where there is a brass tablet to her 
memory. They left two sons only surviving, three 
other children having died in infancy, viz. : — Thomas, 
baptised at Westerham, 5th August, 1640, and buried 
there 3rd September, 1641 ; John, baptised at Westerham 
1st January, 164|, and buried there 13th July, 1644; 
and Anne, baptised at Westerham 3rd January, 165 J, 
who died 3rd April, 1660. 

80 Records of the Cutlers' Company. In the Memoirs of Dean Comber Mr. 
Lulham is erroneously stated to have been a " grocer." 

81 Dean Comber notes that " himself was the last child baptized in that font by 
the common prayer form, which the Rebels then put down ; and a daughter of his 
half sister was the first christened by the restored form in the year 1660 ; and both 
were out of the same house." {Memoirs, p. 8.) 



THE COMBERS OP SUSSEX. 155 

James Comber, the eldest surviving son, was baptised 
at Westerliam 2nd August, 1641, and, on 18th February, 
1653, was apprenticed, as son of James Cumber, citizen 
and cutler, of London, as a Merchant Taylor, to John 
Woolstancroft, of Fleet Street, for a term of nine years, 
being admitted to the freedom of the Company on 6th 
November, 1661. {Records of the Merchant Taylors' 
Company.) He married Hannah, daughter of . . . 
Harper, Alderman of Stockport, co. Chester, and resided 
in the parish of St. Saviour's, South wark. In 1681 he 
was executor to his cousin Esther, who styles him 
*^ upholder," though we learn, from his brother's Memoirs^ 
that the latter had used his influence to procure him a 
^^ lucrative situation in the post office." He survived his 
brother, and is mentioned in his will, but died in 1706. 

Will of James Comber, of S' Saviour's, Southwarke. 

4 Mch. 1706. "Citizen and merchant tailour of London'* — To my 
son-in-law Philip Butcher, £100 — To my grand dau' Sarah Butcher 
£200— To my daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Comber, £80 — Unto my 
grandchildren Hannah Comber & Elizabeth Comber £200 each at 
21 — Residue to my dau', Mary Butcher, sole Exec^. — Proved by 
Exec* 17 Mch. 1706.— On 29 Apl 1708 a commission issued to Philip 
Butcher, the husband of the Exec* to administer the goods left 
unadministered by her. (P.C.C., 57, Poley.) 

Children of James and Hannah Comber : — 

(1) Thomas Comber, ^^son of James Comber, tailor," 

baptised at Westerham, 11th October, 1663. 
Apparently died young. 

(2) James Comber, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, men- 

tioned in the will of his uncle, the Dean of Durham. 
Administration of his efltects was granted to his 
relict, Elizabeth, 3rd September, 1703. (P.C.C., 
Act Book, fo. 172.) She suffered a fine from 
Anthony Comber, as above stated, in Easter Term 
3 Anne [1705-6], concerning land in Tenterden, and 
from Thomas Thorisby, in Easter Term, 9 Anne 
[1711-12], concerning property in the parish of St. 
Botolph's Without, Aldgate. Their daughters 
Hannah and Elizabeth are named in their grand- 
father's will. 



156 THE COMBERS OF SUSSEX. 

(3) Mary, mentioned in the Dean of Durham's will. 

She married Philip Butcher, by whom she had a 
daughter, Sarah. 

(4) Susan, mentioned in her cousin Esther's will. 

Thomas Comber, D.D., Dean of Durham, the youngest 
son of James and Mary Comber, was born at Westerham, 
19th March, 164|, and was baptised there on the 20th of 
the same month. The memoirs of his life were published 
in 1799 by his great grandson, the Rev. Thomas Comber, 
B.A., Rector of Oswaldkirk, county York; and a good 
account of him is also given in the D.N.B. and other 
Biographies. It is only necessary to state here, briefly, 
that he was presented to the living of Stonegrave, m 
Yorkshire, and married Alice, the eldest daughter and 
co-heiress of William Thornton, Esq., of East Newton, in 
that parish (by Alice,®^ his wife, daughter of Christopher 
Wanderford, Esq., Lord Deputy of Ireland), in right of 
whom he inherited that estate. He was appointed Dean 
of Durham in 1691, but died at East Newton, 25th 
November, 1699. 

Dr. Comber was the author of several theological 
works, the best known of which is his Companion to the 
Temple^ which is still a standard work on the subject. 
His will is printed in Surtees Society, Vol. 62; it was 
dated 10th March, 169 5, and was proved at York, 27th 
October, 1700. The account of his descendants, as 
given in Berry's Genealogies, is substantially correct. 

*2 The diary of this lady in published by the Surtees Society, Vol. LXII. 



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AN ANCIENT PAINTING AT ALDINGBOUENE 

CHUECH. 



By PHILIP MAINWAEING JOHNSTON. 



During the summer of 1905 a vestry was built on the 
north side of the nave of Aldingbourne Church, and in 
order to obtain access to this from the church it was 
decided to make use of a blocked arch — one of an arcade, 
formerly opening to an aisle long since destroyed — in the 
north wall.^ This arch, which is circular, of one order 
with square edges, is evidently quite Early Norman (date 
circa 1080 — 1100) and the arch itself is all that remains, 
the piers, or rather their stone quoins and the abaci^ 
having been removed when the arcade was blocked up, 
possibly in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. 

Upon removing some of the blocking the Vicar, the 
Rev. W. W. Kelly, detected signs of painting on the 
soffit of the arch, and at his request I visited the church. 
Then and afterwards the whole of the blocking was 
removed, without injury to the painting, such parts of 
the plastering of the soffit as were loose being held up by 
means of slips of wood and pieces of tape, until they 
could be secured by shell-lac. The accompanying illustra- 
tion was made with the aid of a photograph, taken by my 
friend and fellow-member, Mr. G. C. Druce, shortly after 
the discovery. This photograph, which was taken from 
below, with the lens of the camera pointing upwards, 
gives an excellent idea of the painting. It is, I have no 
doubt, coeval with the arch, and is thus one of the very 
earliest bits of colour decoration remaining in Sussex. 
The colours are very bright and fresh, and there is a rude 
vigour and eflfectiveness about the simple geometrical 

^ Certain evidence points to this north aisle having been destroyed and its 
arcade blocked up at least as far back as 1350, and possibly earlier. 



158 ANCIENT PAINTING AT ALDINGBOURNE CHURCH. 

patterns that make up the design. The outlines are in a 
deep red — almost a chocolate— on a cream ground, and 
the circle pattern along the edges of the soffit is in pale 
yellow -ochre, enclosing a white centre. Four-lobed 
flowers, or stars, between semi-circles (within which are 
triangles) occupy the central space of the soffit, and this 
is bordered by zig-zags. 

As an instance of Early Norman colour decoration this 
fragment is of great value, and we owe a debt of gratitude 
to the Vicar — a member of our Society — who has been 
instrumental in saving many other fragments of ancient 
paintings in this church, for the care with which he has 
preserved this interesting example. 

It is worth mentioning that the blocking of the arch 
was found to consist partly of fragments of Petworth 
marble coffin slabs. They were much defaced, and I 
could not perceive any cross, or other clue to the date, 
upon them. 




^ 



INVENTORY OF CONTENTS OF HAILSHAM 
PARISH CHEST. 

June, 1901. 



Compiled by L. F. SALZMANN. 



**Book of Common Prayer," 1853 
binding. 
1 book " Eates and Expenditure," 1749-55.-] 

1757-63. 



Folio; stamped leather 

Paper cover; fair con- 
dition. 

Paper cover ; very rotten 
and powdery. 

Vellum cover ; good. 



All these give details of 
expenditure and of relief 
granted; and also lists of 
the landowners, their 
holdings and rating for 
each year. 



1780-88. 

1788-94. 

1795-98. 
1799-1801. 
1802-1806. 

1807-11. 

1811-13. 

1814-15. 

1816-19. 

1819-23. 

1823-26. 

1826-32. 

1833-35.. 
23 vols. "Vestry Books," 1803-32, complete. 
1 vol. "Vestry Book," 1834-35. 
1 „ „ „ 1836-45. 

1 „ Counterfoils of Notices of Vestries, 1862-66. 

2 vols. "EeHef Books," 1802-1824. Totals only. 

„ „ 1827-1833. ,, ,, 

6 „ " Weekly Eelief and Flour Account," 1819-33. Names, resi- 
dence and occasional particulars. 

Bundle "Flour" and "Christmas Beef" Books, 1826-28. Names 
and amounts only. 
"Flour Book," 1835. 

Bundle of 45 "Labour Books," between 1823 and 1835. Number of 
days' work, place and payments. 

6 vols. "Labour Books," between 1814 and 1828. 



Chiefly entries of request 
for relief, with com- 
ments. 



160 INVENTORY AND CONTENTS OF 

1 vol. "Labour Books," 1828-1835. 

1 „ "Workhouse Book — ^Bart. Osborne's Contract," 1827. No 

details. 
1 „ "Overseers' Balance Sheet," 1835-45. No details. 
1 „ "Accounts of Overseers," 1850-68. „ ,, 

Bundle of Eate Books, 1842-70. 
8 vols. Church and Highway Rates, 1824-30. 

1 vol. Church Rate, 1848-58. 
8 vols. Poor Rate, 1826-34. 

2 „ "Uncollected Rates Book," 1861 and 1866. 

1 vol. " Collector's Receipt and Deposit Book," 1864. 
Bundle " Accounts of Surveyor of Highways," 1854-60. 

, , " Accounts for Maintenance of Illegitimate Children, " 181 9-25. 
1 vol. "Illegitimate Children and Rents of Cottages," 1828-32. 
Bundle "Bastardy — Bonds to save Parish harmless," 1747-90. 
„ "Bastardy Orders," 1800-32. 
35 bundles Bills, 1799-1830. Mostly in good condition. 
4 „ „ 1844-60. 

1 bundle ,, 1814. With which are four Curate's Licences, 

1876-78-84-87. 
1 ,, "Solicitors' Bills, W'arrants, &c.," including Militia Main- 
tenance Orders, 1813. 
1 ,, Bills, various years, and a copy of a Petition of Inhabitants 
of Atherston (Warwick) against the Poor Laws, 1833. 

1 „ " Various Bills, Distresses and other Waste Papers." Mainly 
eighteenth century. 

6 bundles Letters from Paupers requesting Relief, 1815-28. 

1 bundle "Indentures and other Papers," 1 607-1 799. Almost entirely 
Indentures of Apprenticeship, dating from time of 
Elizabeth ; very rotten and powdery. 

1 „ Indentures of Apprentices, 1808-1835; Register of (8) 

Apprentices in Hailsham, 1827-34; and a Curate's Licence, 

1849. 
1 „ " Orders of Removal, Certificates, &c.," 1616-1799. Chiefly 

orders for removal of paupers to other parishes; a few 

Indentures. 
1 „ " Orders of Removal since 1799." 

1 „ " Orders of Removal," 1842-54. 

2 bundles Printed forms, 1 838-60. Be Election of Overseers, Jury and 

Voting Lists, Appeals against Poor Rate, &c. 

1 bundle List of Paupers and Statement of Accounts, 1854-9 ; List of 
Voters, 1854, &c. 

1 ,, Return of Church Rates, 1864-66; Assurance Policy of 
Church, 1865 ; Warrant for burial of a suicide, 1865, &c. 



HAILSHAM PARISH CHEST. 161 

1 bundle Bill of Sale of Parish Property, 1845, with names of 
purchasers and prices; Eailway, land occupied and rating ; 
List of Voters, 1857; Printed Statement of Accounts of 
Hailsham Union, 1860, &c. 
4 Marriage Licences, 1814-15-18-30. 

2 Bonds— receipted — of £100 each, borrowed from Public 
Works Loan Commissioners for Emigration Purposes, 
1844. 
Letters re Conversion of Old South Sea Annuities, 1854. 
Order for Suspension of Burials in Hailsham Churchyard, 
1873. 
1 bundle of 5 "Altered Tithe Apportionments," 1844-89. 

1 „ „ „ February, 1901. 

A Certificate of Eedemption of Eent Charge, 1893. 
A Copy of the Poor Law Bill of 1834. 

iThis paper is printed to show the nature of the contents of an 
inary church chest, and it is suggested that Members should 
compile similar complete inventories of other parish chests and send 
the same to the Editor.] 



XLIX. 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



The Editor will he glad to receive short Notes on Discoveries and Matters of 
Interest relating to the Antiquities and History of the County ^ for insertion 
in the ** Collections,^* sttch communications to be addressed to him at The 
Castle, Lewes. 



No. 1. 



NOTES CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF WEST 
BLATCHINGTON CHURCH. 

The inquisitio nonarum shows that in 1339-40 there was in Blatch- 
ington juxta Shoreham, or West Blatchington, a church endowed with 
a messuage and demesne lands. The Valor Ecclesiasticus only tells 
us that there was an Ecclesia ibidem.^ Horsfield* states, without giving 
any authority, that in 1724 the church, which was dedicated to St. 
Peter, was in existence and consisted of a north and south chancel {sic) 
with a steeple containing five bells. Mr. Lower commented on this 
passage, and gave two illustrations of the ruins of the church in his 
** Memoir of the Scrase family,"' and added that he had been unable 
to discover the period at which divine service ceased to be celebrated 
there. It is proposed in this article to throw into a connected form 
such materials as exist for shedding light on the later history of this 
church, which, as will appear, is closely intermixed with that of the 
Scrase family. 

The manor of Blatchington is coterminous with the parish, the whole 
of which, with the exceptions of a small freehold formerly called 
Lewknor's Croft and the ecclesiastical property, belonged after 1435 to 
the Lords Abergavenny. From a very early period the Scrase family 
were lessees of the manor and owners of Lewknor's Croft. Eichard 
Scrase, who clearly held a lease of the manor, by his will dated 1st 
February, l*gg, and proved 19th May, 1500 (P.C.C, 1, Moone), in 
which he is described as of Hangleton, directed that when his son 
Richard " is able to be at his Retenewe and hath discreacbn he shal 
have the manor of Blachington with all the appurtenances with alle 
such store of come and graynes shepe oxen horses and such beests he 
nedyth to mayntene his housholdrye there," &c. On 4th November, 

1 Vol. I., pp. 327 and 332. 

a Hist, of Suss., Vol. I., p. 158. 

8 Suss. Arch. Coll., Vol. VIII. pp. 4 and 13. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 163 

1529, George, Lord Abergavenny, demised the manor of Blatcliington 
to this son, Eichard Scrase, for 57 years, from 29th September, 1530.* 

In the Act Books ex officio mero of the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes 
is an entry showing that at the Court holden 13th September, 1592, 
Mr. Richard Scrase, as churchwarden of West Blatchington, was ta 
bring in his bill of presentments. This is followed by minutes under 
the dates 5th November, 1593, and 15th July, 1595, and other days, 
indicating that in both those years '^Magister Richard Scrase" was 
resisting being appointed churchwarden of the parish. The same thing 
happened in 1596, when a cause, in which the office of the judge was 
promoted against him for not accepting and taking the oath to duly 
perform the duty of churchwarden, arrived on 23rd October, 1596, at 
the stage of hearing evidence. On that day three witnesses were 
examined on his behalf. The first of these was John Ampleford, of 
Portslade, yeoman, resident there and at Hangleton over 50 years, 
born in Old Shoreham, and aged 60, who deposed " That for these 48 
years and upwards he hath knowne well that Chappell of Blachington 
duryng which tyme he hath not knowne nor hard of any churchwarden 
to serve or execute the office of churchwardenshippe there, neyther of 
any parish church there otherwise than the said Chappell in question, 
nor Bells, Belfry, ffonte, pulpitte, christeninge nor burying, nor any 
dwelling nor mansion house besides that Mr. Richard Scrase partye 
articulate and his predecessors have dwelled and inhabited in, and those 
departynge and coming into the worlde and borne there were always 
christened and buried in parishes neare adjoyning and specially in the 
parishes of Preston and Hangleton, but for christening hee ys not 
altogether sure whether sometymes any have been christened out of 
[i.e. J outside] the parish of Blachington. It is now 48 yeares since he 
went to schoole in Blachington with Magister Sir Henry Homely cler : 
then Vicar of Portslade and parson of Blachington since which he hath 
dwelled all his tyme neere the same within a mile and a half, and at 
that tyme his said maister used to sound a little bell he carried in his 
hande when he was to call the householder or others to come to 
churche." Another witness was John Woolger, aged 50, of " Hoove," 
where he had resided 30 years, who confirmed the above, and added 
**that he hathe hearde the saide Chappell was built by the ancestors 
of Mr. Scrase." The third witness was John Jackson, of Blatchington, 
husbandman, servant of Mr. Scrase, resident there 30 years, bom at 
Petworth and aged 56, who deposed that '* there is no dwellinghouse 
in Blachington but Mr. Scrase's with whom and with his father he hath 
dwelled these 30 yeares."* 

Before this date the Scrases had certainly been buried, as a rule, 
either at Preston or, at a later period, at Hove. The practice, however, 
of burial at Preston had commenced before they settled at Blatchington. 
Richard Scrase, senior, of Hangleton, by his will dated 21st February, 
1485, and proved at Lambeth 27th November, 1487 (P.C.C, 5, Milles), 
directed that he should be buried " in ecdesia parochise sancti Petri de 

* Abergavenny v, Shelley, Chanc. Proc, Eliz., Bundle A. 8, No. 46. 
« Deposition Books of the Archdeaconry Court, 1593-1604. 

M 2 



164 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Preston juxta Aliciam et Malmam uxores meas defunctas." He left to 
the fabric of the church of Preston 20s., to the cathedral church of 
Chichester 3s. 4d., to the altar of the church of St. Helen of Hangleton 
ds. 4d., and to the fabric of that church 5s., and numerous legacies to 
monasteries and friaries and also to each parish church from the bridge 
of Bramber, ** usque adpontem lewie (Lewes) in longitudine et a limite 
maris usque ad sagittatum sub collibus in latitudine," 3s. 4d., but does 
not specifically mention the church of Blatchington. It is not improb- 
able that he had resided at Preston before he went to Hangleton. 
His son and executor, Richard Scrase, also of Hangleton, by his will, 
already particularised, directed that he should be buried in the church 
of St. Peter at Preston beside his father and mother. He bequeathed 
to the reparation of the church of Preston 138. 4d., to the church of 
Hangleton 6s. 8d., to the high altar of that church for tithes forgotten 
58., to the church of Aldrington 10s., to the church of Hove lOs., to 
the church of Aldrington a cope, price 1 6s., and to the church of Henfield 
3s. 4d., but does not mention the church of Blatchington. His son, 
Richard Scrase, the lessee of 1529, in his will dated 15th March, 154|, 
and proved 4th July, 1549 (P.C.C., 34, Populwell), is described as of 
Blatchington, but gave no directions as to his burial and no legacies to 
churches. He was buried at Preston 5th April, 1549, and his widow, 
Mary (de la Chambre) was buried there 15th September, 1552. His 
son, Edward Scrase, also of Blatchington, by his will dated 25th April, 
1576, and proved 5th June, 1576 (P.O.O., 11, Carew), directed that 
his body should be buried in the church of Preston, and he was buried 
there 10th May, 1576. He made no bequests to churches, but gave 
408. to the poor men's boxes at each of Preston, Hove and Portslade, 
and 20s. to the poor men's box at Aldrington. He was the father of 
Richard Scrase,*the party to the cause of 1596. The earliest recorded 
burial of a Scrase at Hove is that of Alice Scrase on 21st February, 
157|. 

On 26th June, 1609, Richard Scrase, the party to the above cause, 
was ordered presumably as churchwarden to bring in ** the register of 
baptisms &c.," for West Blatchington.* He was buried at Preston 
21st June, 1625, and his eldest son, Tuppen Scrase, was buried there 
9th December, 1633, after which apparently the latter's younger 
brother, Henry Scrase, was in possession of the manor or farm of 
Blatchington. The Act Books ex-officio shew that at the Court holden 
3l8t July, 1635, when the pressure under Archishop Laud's proceedings 
was sharp, this Henry Scrase was ordered to take the oath as church- 
warden. In the same Books, under the date 5th April, 1636, and 
under the name of Henry Scrase, described as churchwarden, of 
Blatchington, is the entry of a presentment that "our churchyard is 
not well fenced nor hath bin Tyme out of minde because it hath not 
been used for a bury all place.^^ At the Court holden 14th June, 1636, 
Henry Scrase, gent., as churchwarden, was admonished as to the 
churchyard fence and his **billa." On 28th March, 1637, Henry 
Scrase was only in default ** pro billa," which rather suggests that the 
churchyard fence had in the meantime been amended. 

6 Act Books eX'OfficiOy 1606-1610. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 165 

It is believed that no registers for West Blatcliington exist, and the 
only episcopal transcripts extant are for the years 25th March, 1635, 
to 24th March, I645.'' These contain only the following: 

163g. January 10th. Eichard Scrase, son of Henry Scrase, baptized. 
1638. May 7th. John Eoberts and Elizabeth Scrase married. 
1638. October 2nd. John, son of Henry Scrase, gent., baptized. 
1640. April 4th. Walter, son of Henry Scrase, gent., baptized. 

The earliest of these is headed ** A register of the names of all such 
as were baptized," &c., and the latest is headed ** A register bill for y* 
yeare 1640," headings which rather suggest that the documents were 
not copies of a register. Each of these "transcripts" is signed by 
George Butler as rector, and by Henry Scrase, presumably as church- 
warden. Henry Scrase, the father of the above three infants, was a 
son of Richard Scrase, the party to the cause of 1596, and married in 
1627 with Joan, daughter of Robert Androwes, of Hove, the license 
at Lewes for the marriage dated 24th November, 1627, providing for 
its solemnisation at West Blatchington. Their first child Susan was 
baptised at Hove 28th September, 1628, and buried there 2nd February, 
162|. The place of baptism of his second child Henry is unknown. 
The marriage of John Roberts, who was of Cuckfield, with Elizabeth 
Scrase, who was of Portslade, was pursuant to a license dated 5th 
Ma}'^, 1638, defining Blatchington as the place of marriage. It is 
noteworthy that in addition to this there were at least six and probably 
seven other licenses for marriage at West Blatchington granted at 
Lewes ranging in date from 26th March, 1608, to 17th October, 1628. 
The earliest, however, of these, which was between Richard Ockenden, 
of Rottingdean, gent., and Barbara Scrase, is entered in the Rotting- 
dean registers as having been solemnised there 28th March, 1608. 

George Butler, cler., B.A., of Trinity College, Oxford, was ordained 
priest 5th June, 1626, instituted to West Blatchington 10th August, 
1628, on the presentation of his father, Christopher Butler, cler., 
vicar of Wisborough Green, and Thomas Care, of Oving, cler., 
inducted 15th August, 1628, in the presence of Edward Blaker, 
Richard Scrase and others, and was 4th July, 1635, licensed to preach 
by Archbishop Laud.® On 6th November, 1 628, George Butler had a 
son, John, baptised at Brighton, where he probably then resided, and 
he signed episcopal transcripts for New Shoreham, presumably as 
curate there, for each of the three years between 25th March, 1629, 
and 24th March, 163 J. On 22nd March, 163«, he was examined as a 
witness in a cause of defamation between Thomas Hunter, coachman 
at Hangleton to the Earl of Thanet, and Mary, wife of Henry Joyne, 
of South wick, and he stated that he was and had for three years been 
resident in Portslade, and for three years previously at New Shoreham. 
Mathew, son of George Butler and Joan, his wife, was baptised at 
Portslade 25th July, 1635. It may therefore be safely assumed that 

7 Except the latest of them, which is amongst those for Alboume, they are all 
in the bimdles for East Blatchington. 

8 Visitation Book, sub anno 1637. 



166 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

during the rectorship of George Butler there was no habitable parson- 
age at West Blatchington. But from 1568 to 1593 the successive 
liectors of West Blatchington, Edward Crakenell, Henry Shales and 
Thomas Wilshaw, were also rectors of and probably dwelt at 
Hangleton, where there was a parsonage house until its destruction 
by fire 31st May, 1666. On 9th June, 1585, the benefices of West 
Blatchington and Hangleton were united, but apparently this union 
only subsisted till 1590.® John Sisson was instituted to West Blatch- 
ington 13th December, 1593, on the presentation of Mary Bellingham, 
widow, and inducted 2nd January, 159^, in the presence of Richard 
Scrase and others.^° He appears to have resided at New Shoreham, 
where his children were baptised. His successor, Thomas Heyney, 
was also Vicar of Arundel, and Alan Carr, who followed him as Rector 
of West Blatchington, and who was a brother of the above-named 
Thomas Carr, appears to have been incumbent or curate of Lingfield, 
CO. Surrey, 1624-1628, and thenceforward Rector of West Chiltington, 
when he died 1668. He married Mary Butler at Lingfield, 22nd 
September, 1624, and his eldest child, Robert, was baptised there 
27th June, 1626, and his second child, Alan, was baptised there 6th 
February, 162|. 

Richard Scrase, the party to the above mentioned cause of 1596, 
had ten children, and the places of baptism of only four of them have 
been ascertained. These are the baptism at Hove on 13th September, 
1584, of his second son John, and the baptisms at Plumpton on Ist 
April, 1594, of his son Edward, on 9th June, 1595, of his daughter 
Agnes, and on 20th September, 1597, of his son Richard. Not 
forgetting that the registers of Portslade and Hangleton were destroyed 
in 1666, and with the knowledge that the episcopal transcripts for 
both those parishes prior to that date contain no Scrase entry, it may 
be assumed that the remaining six children were baptised at West 
Blatchington, especially as one of them, the above named Henry 
Scrase, when describing himself as a witness on 24th July, 1640, 
stated that he had resided there ** fere totam vitam " and was aged 
41.^^ It would rather seem that Richard Scrase had, in aid of his 
objections of 1593, 1595 and 1596, deliberately had his children 
baptised at Plumpton. On 5th July, 1589, Richard Scrase describes 
himself as having resided for the previous 14 years at Blatchington,^* 
and nothing exists to suggest that he ever dwelt at Plumpton. On 
30th August, 1592, he was served ** in sedes infra parochiam de 
Blatchington " with a citation in connection with his office of church- 
warden there." True, however, it is that his father, Edward Scrase, 
held in 1547 a freehold messuage, garden and some 60 acres of land 
in Plumpton." 

9 Suss. Arch. Coll., Vol. XXXIV., p. 183. 
w Visitation Book for 28th September, 1613. 
" Deposition Books, 1639-1640. 
12 Deposition Books, 1587-1593. 
18 Act Books, ex-officio, 1591-1593. 
1* Common Koll, No. 145, Easter 1, E. 6, m. 101^, Suss. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 167 

It should be mentioned that in very many years no name is entered 
in the Visitation Books as that of a Churchwarden of West Blatching- 
ton. But at the Visitations on 14th September, 1670, and 23Fd May, 
1671, John Scrase was returned as such church warden^ though he did 
not take the oath, and on 2nd November, 1671, he was cited to appear 
on 7th November to answer for his default, which he did not do. 
Now on the death of Henry Scrase intestate letters of administration 
of his effects were, 26th February, 164 J, granted to his widow Joan 
(Androwes), who seems to have continued to reside at West Blatching- 
ton with her four sons, one of whom was this John Scrase. They all 
became Quakers in the early days of that sect, and certainly by 1660. 
At the Visitation in September, 1678, Henry Holcroft, who had become 
the rector, undertook '*to nominate Mr. Henry Scrase" (another son 
of Joan Scrase) "a parishioner" as churchwarden for that year. 

Henry Holcroft, son of Sir Henry Holcroft, Knt., by Lettice, 
daughter of Frances Lord Aungier, was a brother of Douglas, the 
wife of Anthony Stapley, of Patcham, a son of the regicide. He was 
rector of Cliff at Hoo, co. Kent, 1652,^* and was ordained priest by 
Thomas Bishop, of Candida Casa (Whithern, co. Wigton), 17th 
January, 166 J, instituted to the Vicarage of Patcham, on the presenta- 
tion of the Crown, 2nd July and inducted 12th July, 1662. He was 
instituted to the rectory of West Blatchington, on the presentation of 
Sir John Stapley, Bart., 7th May, and inducted 8th September, 1664." 
He died 3rd December, 1712, aged 92, and was buried at Patcham, 
where he evidently resided. On 5th October, 1686, the Episcopal 
Commissioners, as to repairs to churches, parsonage houses, &c., 
reported that the church and chancel of Blatchington were "utterly 
ruinate." In 1694 John Dunstall, described as patron of the rectory 
of West Blatchington, took proceedings against Henry Holcroft for 
not repairing the buildings belonging to the rectory. On 12th 
February, 169 J, Holcroft appeared and being sworn said, "that until 
about the tyme of the commencement of this suit he did not know 
that there was a parsonage barne standing or belonging to the rectory 
or parsonage."^' On 15th October, 1700, John Dunstall, cler., 
promoted the office of the judge against the parishioners of Blatching- 
ton, complaining that " there is no churchwarden duly swome from 
year to year to repaire the churche as need requires ; that there is no 
churchyarde fence, no doors nor windows to the church nor chancell, 
no pulpit, reading deske, books, bell, communion table, cloathes, nor 
ornaments," and prayed a monition to Henry Holcroft. On 12th 
November, 1700, Holcroft appeared by his proctor Asty, and the 
Judge decreed, apparently in the absence of John Scrase, that John 
Scrase should take the office of Churchwarden for the year 1700." 
Now John Scrase was and had on 10th February, 16Jg, been presented 
at the Court for being a Quaker.^* On 26th November, 1700, John 
Scrase, gent., of Blatchington, not having appeared to take the office 
of churchwarden, was pronounced contumacious, and on 10th 

i« Arch. Cant, Vol. XV., p. 247. " Act Books ad instandam, 1700-1705. 

i« Visitation Book for 2nd June, 1678. ^^ Act Book ex officio, 1679. 
17 Act Books ad instanciam partium, 1691-1696. 



168 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

December, 1700, was excommunicated therefor. On 4th February, 
1705, however, he appeared and sought to be absolved from the 
sentence of excommunication, and he, promising obedience to the 
mandates of the Church, was absolved, and being admonished to find 
a sufficient deputy, *° he nominated Thomas Cooke, of Patcham, who 
was admitted, and admonished in detail to do the repairs, and to 
certify what had been done before next Pentecost. Cooke did not 
certify, and on 5th July, 1701, the matter was ordered to stand over, 
Dunstall in the meantime to certify the bounds of the churchyard, 
Asty, then his proctor, **alledging that they doe plainly appeare." 
The case seems after this to have dropped. 

The inferences to be drawn from the foregoing materials seem to 
be: — That there was no resident rector of West Blatchington after 
the middle of the sixteenth century; that the parsonage house had 
before that time ceased to exist or to be habitable, the rectors not 
keeping either it or the chancel in repair ; that the members of the 
Scrase family who inhabited the only place of residence in the parish 
were careful not to levy any tax for the reparation of the body of the 
church, or of its appurtenances, because such tax would exclusively 
fall upon them personally ; that though in the time of Archbishop 
Laud, whilst George Butler was rector, some form was gone througn 
of appointing a churchwarden, and transmitting transcripts to the 
Bishop's Eegistry, there was really nothing done to make the building 
fitting for the services of the church, wMch it certainly was not in 
1596, if the witnesses of that date are credible; and that by 1686 it 
had become utterly ruinate, although there is no suggestion even as 
late as 1 700 that the structure was roofless. Between the bare walls 
and under the roof of this church were solemnized such few baptisms 
and marriages as took place there in the seventeenth century, and it is 
observable that no charge in the Archdeaconry Court was ever made 
against the rector for the time being that he did not perform Divine 
service. 

The present Dean of Chichester, who was vicar of Brighton (to 
which West Blatchington was annexed in 1789), when the reconstruc- 
tion of the church of West Blatchington was effected, has kindly 
informed the writer that to the best of his knowledge no human 
remains were found in the course of the work. 

Walter C. Eenshaw. 



No. 2. 

OLD SUSSEX NEEDLEWORK. 

I have in my possession a curious piece of needlework, which I 
think must be almost unique. It measures 16-in. by 14-in. and was 
worked entirely in silk by my grandmother, at the age of eighteen, 
in 1790, as appears from the words upon it: "Plan of the Battle of 
Thonhausen near Minden the 1 of Aug' 1 759 Harriot Barttelot worked 
this 1790." In this battle the English Hessians and Hanoverians, 

20 This could be done under 1 W. and M., c. 18, s. 5. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 169 

under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French, under 
Marshal De Contades, and drove them to the ramparts of Minden, 
which next day surrendered at discretion. To elucidate the plan of 
this engagement, the account given by Smollett may be quoted : 
"Prince Ferdinand marched with the allied army in three columns 
from Petershagen to Hille, where it encamped, having a morass on 
the right, the village of Fredewalde on the left and in front those of 
Northemmern and Holtzenhausen." On the plan or map itself the 
armies of the opponents are coloured, the allies blue and the French 
brown, with the following description: **The F^ army stood the 31*' 
July in camp. Mar^ thro the F. of Minden formed itself near haalen 
& attacked the body of Gen^ Wan" at Thon. His serene Hig" Prince 
Fer"^ came out the space between him & hille & took the French in 
their flank. On which they ret** part thro Minden & part thro the 
defiles of Barkhausen." The whole is surrounded by a border of 
various flowers, amongst which the roses and convolvuli still retain 
their bright colours. Why my grandmother took such pains in 
working this elaborate plan of the Battle of Minden I am at a loss to 
conjecture. It may have been much talked about in her early days. 
In the Pet worth Eegister is the entry : ** Benjamin Arnold & Harriet 
Barttelot married Sept 16. 1794." She died at the age of 94 and until 
two years before her death could read and do needlework without the 
aid of Bpectaclea. j, ^ ^^^^_ j, g^ 

Note. — This and the three following notes were sent by the late Dr. Arnold not 
long before his decease. An accompanying photograph of the needlework was 
unfortunately too indistinct for reproduction. The work was evidently copied 
from a printed engraving of the battle. 



No. 3. 

DRAKE'S ADVICE IN 1587. 

The following letter of Drake to Walsingham is of considerable 
interest : ** I assure your honour the like preparation was never heard 
of nor known as the King of Spain hath & daily maketh to invade 
England." In a postscript he adds: **I dare not a' most write unto 
your honour of the great forces we hear the King of Spain hath out 
in the Straits. Prepare England strongly & most by sea. Stop him 
now & stop him for ever. Look well to the coast of Sussex." 

F. H. Arnold, F.S.A. 

No. 4. 

HORSHAM TOKEN f SEVENTEENTH CENTURY J. 

October 11th, 1905, I had brought to me a scarce token found in 
Chichester, in fair preservation. Ohv,: ** Thomas Lucas" — a fleur- 
de-lys. Bevr. "In Horsam 1667— His Half Peny." 

F. H. Arnold, P.8.A. 



170 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

No. 5. 

COIN OF AGRIPPA FOUND AT NUTBOURNE, 
PULBOROUGH. 

In August last a coin " Second Brass," irregularly struck, but well 
preserved, was sent to me from Nutbourne, Pulborough. It may be 
thus described : — Obi\: **m.agrippa.l.f.C08.iii." — head of Agrippa. 
Bev. : Neptune standing holding in his right hand a dolphin. 8. C. 
in large letters. It may be noted that this Agrippa was not the 
Agrippa, King of Judea, before whom Paul pleaded his cause, as is 
related in the Acts of the Apostles, but M. Agrippa Vipsanius, son-in- 
law of Augustus. Its date is cir, b.c. 14. -p g Arnold F.S.A. 



No. 6. 

BRITELLUS AVENAL, RECTOR OF BUXTED. 

The date of incumbency of this rector has hitherto been an 
unknown and somewhat debated point. The late Eev. H. E. Hoare 
(in Vol. IX., S.A.C.) says that Hussey, in his Churches of Kent and 
Sussex— & much over-rated book, by-the-by — ** assigns it to the close 
of the reign of Edward III., but I should judge it to be earlier." A 
Court Roll of the Manor of South Mailing, recording proceedings at a 
** three- weeks court" for the vills of Maghfeld, Ukkfeld, Fremfeld 
and Ryngmer, held in 1382 (6th Eic. II.), mentions **Bretellus Rector 
ecclesie de Bokstede" (evidently the cleric in question) more than 
once, but with no indication of his surname. The first mention is a 
proceeding "inter Walt^um atte Broke que? et Bretellum rectorem 
ecctie de Bokstede def de placiP tran§."— a plaint of trespass of cattle. 
An ** Inquisition" was summoned, quorum nomina John atte Wode, 
John Morys, Will" Hempstede, Rich. Cronprest and others. On the 
appointed day no less than seven were absent — a common occurrence 
in those days. We may name W™ Stapelegh Jhn Aylnoth & Galfrid 
Mascall. The Bedel was ordered to distrain ; but no result appears. 

W. Hbneage Legge. 

♦ 

No. 7. 

DERICK CARVER. 

Derick Carver, to whom there is a reference at p. 185 of Vol. X. of 
our Collections^ was burned to death in Lewes as a victim of the 
Marian persecution in Jul}', 1555.^ Neitlier any will of his nor letters 
of administration to his effects exist, but the statements contained in 
a bill in Chancery afford some information as to him and his family 
which has not heretofore been available. The bill in question is 
undated, but as it is addressed **To the Rt: Hon: Nicholas Bacon knt 
Lord Keeper of the Great Scale of England," it must have been filed 

1 See also Erredge's Hist, of Brighton ^ p. 118, and Lower's Wcyrthiea of Sussex ^ 
p. 200. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 171 

after the 22nd December, 1558, and, indeed, from its contents, some 
time after March, 1560. It runs thus : — 

"Sheweth Derick Carver of Brighthelmston in co: of Sussex 
yeoman ; — Whereas one Derick Carver father of the sayd orator was 
in his Ijfetime lawfully possessed among other his goodes and chattels 
of and in the some of xxiiij" current money of England and so being 
thereof possessed and being in great peril of death meaning to provide 
for the sayd orator and all of his children as naturall love and fatherly 
affection persuaded and inforced dyd a lyttle before his death deliver 
out to James Norton in whom he reposed gi-eat trust and confidence 
the s* some of xxiiij" safe to keepe and employ the same to the use 
profitt and maintenance of y' s** orator and of one Alice his sister 
willing the s* James Norton to see your s* orator and the s* Alice 
maintained and found both in mete drynke apparel and other things 
necessarie until such tyme as they accomplished and came unto their 
lawfull age and then to delyver over to any of them the some of xij^* 
if they were then living and if any of them died then he willed and 
desired the s* James Norton that the part of the one so dying should 
be equally devided amongst other his children surviving besydes your 
sayd orator and Alice And after, the sayd Derick father of y' orator 
dyed At the tyme of the delyvery of the which s* some of money 
and also at divers and sundry tymes after the death of the s** Derick 
Carver the father, the s* James Norton dyd faythfuUy promise and 
undertake in the presence of divers honest persons that he would not 
only kepe fynde and maintaine your orator and y® s** Alice but also 
would pay and deliver unto them the sayd severall somes of money 
according to the s* trust so in him reposed and according to the will & 
true intent and meaning of the s** Derick Carver the father And 
after, the sayd James Norton made his last will and testament and 
thereof constituted and made Johan his wiffe sole executrix and dyed^ 
After whose death the sayd Alice also dyed by and after whose death 
her sayd part and portion remayned and came as of ryght it ought to 
remayne and come unto your s* orator and other the children of the s^ 
Derick the father then lyving equally to be devided between them so 
that your s* orator was thereby ryghtefuly entitled to have the iiij'** 
part thereof that is to say the some of iij** for his part and portion 
SiTHENCE which tyme the s'' Johan hath marj^ed and taken to husband 
one Patrick Haggat of Brighthelmston aforesayd." So it is that the 
money came to the hands of Patrick, who neglected his duties and 
"your said orator being now come to his lawful age" has required 
Patrick and Johan to pay, but thej' refused, wherefore he craves writ 
of subpoena. This is no answer extant. 

The above pleading is to be found as Carver v. Haggat, Chanc. 
Proc., Series ii., Bundle 32, No. 79. It shows that the martyr had five 
children, three of whom, presumably the eldest, are unnamed, the 
remaining two being the plaintiff Derick and his sister Alice, who 
died a minor. Wavtir C. Eenshav. 

2 James Norton, of Brighton, fisherman, left a will dated 24th March, 155 1, 
and proved at Lewes 6th March, 15gg. (Book A, 4, fol. 323.) 



172 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

No. 8. 

BRONZE BRACELETS FOUND AT HAND CROSS, 
CRAWLEY. 

Visiting the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle- 
on-Tyne in the Black Gate a short time ago I was attracted by an 
elegant bronze ornament, to which was attached a label, stating that 
it had been found at Hand Cross, Sussex. On making enquiries of 
the Hon. Sec. of the Society, R. Blair, Esq., F.S.A., he informed me 
they had no authority for the place of discovery other than that of the 
depositor, the late Dr. Colling wood Bruce, but he believed that another, 
from the same spot and very like it in character, was in the British 
Museum. Having referred to the authorities at that institution, I 
find they have a specimen of similar form described as a bronze loop 
found in a moss with two others and a bronze ring at Ham Cross, 
Crawley, presented by Sir John Trevelyan, to whom it had been given 
by a Mr. Crawhall. It is shown in the Museum " Guide to the Bronze 
Age Antiquities," fig. 57. It is also figured and described in Sir John 
Evans' Bronze Implevients of Great Britain and Ireland^ p. 386, 
fig. 482, as ** a long bar of bronze, either circular or sub-quadrangular 
in section, doubled over so as to leave a broad loop in the middle, and 
then curved round so as to form the bracelet, the two ends of the bar 
being bent over to form a hook, which engages in the central loop — 
the edges are in some parts minutely serrated." Both in the Museum 
Guide and Sir John Evans' work the locality is misprinted as Ham 
Cross. It would be of interest if any of our members could give 
more exact details as to the locality and date of the find. 

Ambbose p. Boyson. 



No. 9. 

COPY OF AN ABSTRACT OF A CONVEYANCE OF THE 

MANOR AND MANSION HOUSE OF OFFINOTON, 

SUSSEX. 

" 40'*^ Eliz**» ] By Indenture between The Eight Honble Sir Thomas 

(1579) Febry 11'**) West Knight Lord la Warr of the one part and 

Edward Barker of the Parish of St Gregorys London of the 

other part, The said Lord la Warr in consideration of £5300 

Did Grant & Convey to said Edward Barker and his heirs 

All that the Manor and Demesne Lands of Offington 
and Park of Offington with the rights members & 
appurts of said Manor and the Scite Mansion-house and 
place of Offington with the appurts in the County of 
Sussex & all and singular the Messuages Cottages Tofts 
Mills Lands Tenements Meadows Feedings Pastures 
Downs Sheep walks Commons Wastes Woods Under- 
woods and the Soil thereof Heaths Furzes Mines Quarries 
Eents Services Farms Fee Farms Knights ffees Court 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 173 

Perquisites and profits of Courts Waifs and Strays 
Liberties Franchizes Commodities Emoluments and 
Hereditaments whatsoever to the same Manor belonging 
or in anywise appertaining 
To hold the same unto and to the use of the said Edward 
Barker his heirs and assigns for ever. 
With General Warranty and all usual Covenants. 
And also a Covenant from the said Lord la Warr to indemnify 
as well the said Edward Barker his heirs and assigns as the 
said Manor Park Lands and premises from all Incumbrances 
whatsoever (Except the ancient and accustomed Eent and 
Service thence forth to grow due and payable for the said 
premises or for any part thereof to the Lord or Lords 
paramount)." ^^^^ g^^^^^^ 



No. 10. 
THE MANOR OF HAM AND THE GRATWICK FAMILY. 

I shall be glad if any member can assist me in tracing the descent 
of this manor, whilst in possession of the Gratwick family. 

In the account given in Elwes' Castles and Mansions of West Sussex 
it is stated that ** Roger Gratwicke, who died seized of it in 1570, was 
son of John and grandson of Henry (both of whom had held the same 
property), and that his descendants in the male line continued to enjoy 
it until 1822." This is, I think, incorrect, though it agrees with the 
pedigree in Berry^s Siissex Genealogies, p. 169. 

Henry Gratwick, of Ham, yeoman, made his will 9th May, and it 
was proved at Chichester (Vol. XVI., p. 141) 22nd June, 1602. He 
had a large family and was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas, who 
was buried at Angmering 27th March, 1635. Thomas made his will 
16th and 26th February, 1 63* and it was proved, in the P.C.C. (108 
Sadler) 7th November, 1 635. He had two sons, Thomas and Humphrey, 
both minors, of whom Humphrey, the younger, succeeded. His will, 
dated 19th December, 1685, was proved, in the P.C.C. (75 Lloyd) 
18th June, 1686, and the account of his descendants, as given in 
Berry, is substantially correct. His wife, by the way, was a sister of 
the wife of Capt. John Gratwicke, of Eatons (Berry, p. 170), whom he 
mentions as " my brother [i.e., brother-in-law] John Gratwicke sen', 
of Eatons." As to the parentage of Henry Gratwick, I cau only 
conjecture that he was the youngest son of Thomas Gratwycke, of 
West Grinstead, whose will, dated 28th June, 1541, is at Chichester 
(Vol. II., 204b), and who leaves his copyhold lands to his said 
youngest son. Some confirmation of this conjecture is to be found in 
the fact that Henry leaves his wife " a f ether bed at West Grinstead;" 
and I find also that Thomas, son of Henry, was baptized at West 
Grinstead 31st May, 1570, and William, son of Henry, baptized there 
15th December, 1572 ; whilst Thomas and William were the names of 
the two eldest sons and executors of Henry, of Ham. 



174 NOTES AND QUERIES. 

As to the parentage of the Boger Gratwyke, of Sullington, who 
undoubtedly held the manor at the time of his death in 1670, there is 
some uncertainty ; but I take him to have been the youngest of the 
four sons of James Grateweke, of Cowfold and Seaford, whose will, 
dated 21st February, 1532, was proved in the P.O.C. (24 Thower) 
27th February following. His brother Thomas, of Seaford, whose 
will, dated 4th January, 155|, was proved at Lewes (A4, 267) 20th 
April, 1559, was apparently father of Sir William (Jratwicke, of 
Tortington, Knt. (witn whom the pedigree in Berry, p. 168, begins), 
who was the principal heir to his cousin Roger, of Tortington, eldest 
son of Roger, of Sullington. The latter, by his will, dated 10th 
August, and proved at Chichester 11th September, 1570 (Vol.X., 383), 
left to his said eldest son the Manor of Itford, whilst he left the 
Manor of Ham to his sons, John and Philip. What I am anxious to 
discover is, how the manor passed from them to the Henry named 
above. 

John's share seems to have passed to another brother, Thomas, of 
Ham, will (Chichester, Vol. XIV., 380) dated 29th December, 1594, 
proved 22nd May, 1595, who died s.p., and left all his lands in West 
Angmering and the residue of his estate ** with the letter of Adm"" 
due to me by the death of my brother John," to his brother Philip, 
who would thus become possessed of the whole manor. Philip was 
dead by 1613, as also probably was his only son, Roger; for Sir 
William, of Tortington, in his will of that date, leaves the wardship 
and marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Gratwicke, deceased, 
to his own son Roger, of Seaford, whose first wife she afterwards 
became. There is, however, no mention of Ham either in the will of 
Sir William, his widow, or any of his sons. 

I shall be glad to correspond with anyone interested in the Gratwick 
family, with a view to clearing up this and other doubtful points in 
their history. John Combee. 



NOTICES OF SOME RECENT SUSSEX BOOKS. 



These short notices, contributed by some of our Members, are not intended as 
reviews or criticisms, but only as guides to recent sources of information. 
The Editor will be glad to hear of any new published material connected 
with Sussex Archceology, 



Victoria Histories of the Counties of England, — History of Sussex^ 
Vol. I. — This volume, like the other first volumes of this far-reaching 
enterprise, contains a series of very valuable monographs on various 
departments of the history of the county. The greater part of these 
do not strictly fall within the region of Archaeology, but rather of 
Natural History. There are chapters on Geology, Palaeontology, 
Botany, Marine Zoology, Insects, Fishes, Eeptiles, Birds and Mammals. 
All these are dealt with by well-known experts. We reach more 
definitely archaeological ground in a chapter on ** Early Man," by 
George Clinch, F.G.S., who has also contributed a chapter on " Ancient 
Earthworks." "Anglo-Saxon Eemains " are dealt with by Reginald 
A. Smith, F.S.A. The "Political History" of the county, ranging 
from Roman times to the 19th century, is the work of L. F. Salzmann. 
A considerable portion of the volume is devoted to the Sussex part of 
" Domesday Book." The original text is given with a translation by 
L. F. Salzmann, and these are prefaced by a very instructive 
"Introduction" by J. Horace Round, LL.D., and L. F. Salzmann. 
The names of these various contributors are a sufficient guarantee of 
the excellence of the work. There are maps of the "Sites of 
Prehistoric Remains," of " Domesday Sites and Divisions," of "Earth- 
works " (with several separate plans). There are also coloured illustra- 
tions of Anglo-Saxon Pottery and Ornaments ; a reproduction of the 
Bayeux Tapestry, a Plan of the Battle of Lewes, &c. 

Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists (1900), by Rev. G. Hennessy, 
consists of lists of incumbents of Sussex benefices from the earliest 
period down to date of issue. No authorities are given, so that it is 
impossible to verify these lists, nor in the majority of cases is there 
anything to show whether the date is that of institution, cession or 
casual occurrence. Each list is headed with some names of patrons of 
the living at various dates, but they are not given with sufficient 
system to be of much use. 

The Gentleman^ s Magazine Library ; Topography, Part XII,, Surrey 
and Sussex {\^^0), — This collection of articles, arranged alphabetically 
under parishes, contains much of interest; the archaeology may at 
times be " wild," but the contemporary descriptions — as of Cowdray 
at the time of its destruction, and of Brighton in 1766 — and such 
items as Mackenzie Walcott's Chichester notes, are most valuable. 



176 NOTICES OF SOME RECENT SUSSEX BOOKS. 

01(1 Cottages and Farm Houses in Kent and Sussex (1900), consiBt- 
ing of 100 excellent plates, from photographs by W. G. Davie, with 
an introductory sketch by E. G. Dawber, contains not only such well- 
known examples as those at Mayfield, Bye, Alfriston and Steyning, but 
many equally delightful bits of typically Sussex architecture less known, 
as at Bury, Fittleworth, Northiam, Easeboume and Ticehurst. 
Another work, containing 70 plates, by Mr. Davie, on Old English 
Doorways (1903) contains seventeen examples from different parts of 
Sussex, several of them being of much beauty and interest. A third 
volume claiming consideration for its illustrations is Picturesque Sussex 
(1903); Mr. Duncan Moul's drawings have considerable charm, but 
almost always tend to an excessive spaciousness. 

Mr. Henr}' Cheal's History of Ditchling (1901) is a deserving little 
compilation ; if it does not contain much original research, it has at 
least collected a considerable amount of information regarding the 
parish in a readable form. In Bygone Eastbourne (1902), by J. O. 
Wright, the chief attraction is the fine series of early prints reproduced, 
though much of the history of the place in the eighteenth and nine- 
teenth centuries is of interest also. F. G. Brabant's Sussex (1900) is 
a convenient little pocket guide to the county, with nice illustrations 
by E. H. New. 

The Family of Blaker of Sussex (1904), by W. 0. Renshaw, K.C., 
is a good reasoned pedigree of a family whose descent can be traced 
definitely back to 1571, and tentatively for a century earlier. 

In Highways and Byways in Stcssex (1904), Mr. E. V. Lucas has 
produced a most delightful book ; he has made excellent use of the 
humaner side of archaeology — the diaries and **jemals" of old Sussex 
worthies, their songs and folk-lore. He contrives to be romantic with- 
out being inaccurate (of course an occasional slip will get in) and to be 
antiquarian without being dry, and further relief is given to his book 
by Mr. Griggs' illustrations. 

The History of East Grinstead, by Wallace Henry Hills (Famcombe 
and Co., Limited), 8vo., pp. x. and 288. The title is ambitious, but 
the author candidly states in his preface that the material which he has 
used ** is of general as distinguished from purely antiquarian interest." 
The book contains chapters on the M.P.'s of the borough, on the church 
and its vicars, on Sackville College, on the local manors and on many 
other matters, including even the limited liability companies trading 
in the town. It is to be regretted that no footnotes or references to 
authorities are given. 

Notes Upon Bingmer and Other Places, — Many interesting and 
excellently illustrated contributions to Sussex Archaeology have been 
published during the past few years by W. Heneage Legge, of Eingmer, 
in the Beliqu^ry, of which the following are the titles : — 

"Bell Casting in the Seventeenth Century,'' containing notices of 
the casting and hanging a bell at Eingmer, as entered in a Church- 
warden's Account Book of 1682. October, 1897. 

"The Church of Ringmer, Sussex." A detailed account of the 
church and its monuments. October, 1898. 



NOTICES OF SOME RECENT SUSSEX BOOKS. 177 

**The Parish Documents of Eingmer of the Jacobean and Georgian 
Periods." October, 1899. 

** Delves House, Ringmer, with some Account of Gilbert White and 
his Relatives there Residing." January, 1900. 

"The Churches and Villages in the Hundred of Willingdon." 
January, 1901. 

" The Church, Priory and * Long Man ' of Wilmington." 
January, 1902. 

**The Three Parks of Ringmer and its (so-called) Forest of the 
Broyle." April, July and October, 1902. 

" Sussex Pottery from Romano-British Times Onward." January, 
1903. 

"The Domestic Arts of our Forefathers as Exemplified in a South- 
down Village." April, 1903. 

*' Bishopston Church." July, 1903. 

** Fragmenta Antiquitatis in Sussex Churches " (Preston near 
Brighton, Playden, Tarring Neville, Rodmell, Denton). January, 
1905. 

"Ancient Agriculture and its Survivals." October, 1905. 

Also in LongmarCs Magazine under the following titles : — 
" Ancient Wills " (all Sussex from 13th onwards). April, 1905. 
" Parson and Parishioners in the 18th Century." Extracts from an 
old MS. Tithe book. February, 1902. 

In The Churchman : — 

** Parsons of the Past, as seen in their Wills." (Wills of Henry, 
vicar of Ringmer, 1275; Richard Almayne, vicar of Ringmer, 1525 j 
John Motley, vicar of Ringmer, 1595.) September, 1904. 

" The Mediaeval Archbishops of Canterbury in their connection 
with Sussex." 

And in Blachtoood^s Magazine : — 

" The Sporting History of the Country of the Southdown Hunt from 
Mediaeval Times." December, 1904. 



XLIX. 



INDEX TO VOL. XLIX. 



N 2 



INDEX TO VOL. XLIX. 



A. 



Abel, John, 16. 

Abergavenny, George, Lord, 163. 

Abergavenny, William, Lord, 100, note, 

Abemon, John d', 6. 

Abington, John, 60. 

Agaat, Kichard, 65. 

Agate, Mary, 90. 

Agrippa, Coin of, found at Nutboume, 

Pulborough, 170. 
Agush, Marie, 89. 
Alboume, 55. 
Alciston, 138. 

Aldecherche, Richard de, 14. 
Aldingboume, 45. 
Aldingbourne Church, An Ancient 

Painting at. By Philip Mainwaiung 

Johnston, 157-158. 
Aldington, Kent, 135. 
Aldrington, 52, 56. 
Alfray, John, 54. 
Alfrey, Richard, 49. 
Alfriston, 50, 58. 
Allinoton, Combers of, 128-156. 
Allington, Thomas of, 146. 
Alman, William, 27. 
Alvred, Count Mortain's butler, 2. 
Ammell, Richard, 53. 
A' Moore, Barnard, 130 and note. 
Amoore Lucy, 117. 
Anderida, 1. 



Androes, Robert, 52, 165. 

Archibald, Mary, 110. 

Ardeme, Ralph de, 40, 41. 

Ardingly, 50. 

Arlington, 50, 64. 

Arms, An elaborate coat of, 35. 

Arnold, Benjamin, 169. 

Arnold, Richard, 130. 

Arundel, 44, 46. 

Arundel, Castle of, 6. 

Arundel College, 45. 

Arundel, Earl of, 5. 

Ashbee, Thomas, 53. 

Ashburnham, John, 19. 

Ashbumham, Sir Charles, 94, note, 

Ashby, Sarah, 123. 

Ashdown Forest, 19. 

Asshmeston, Giles, 25. 

Attree, Emund, 57. 

Audham, Thomas de, 4. 

Augustinian Canon, 43. 

Avaie, Christopher, 27. 

Avenal, Britellus, Rector of Buzted, 

170. 
Avignon, 43. 
Awsten, Richard, 56. 
Aylwin, Ellioner, 148. 
Aylwin, John, 149. 
Aylwin, Mary, 149. 



B. 



Bachelor, Walter, 94. 
Bagant, William, 58. 
Baker, George, 116. 
Baker, John, 50. 
Baker, William, 93. 
Balcombe, 55. 
Barcombe 48, 61, 151. 
Barcombe, Manor of, 147. 
Bardolf, William, jmi., 4. 
Barker, William, 51. 
Barland, Ann, 103. 
Barret, Bridget, 64. 
Barron, Thomas, 55. 
Barry, Martha, 109. 
Bartlett, Dennis, 51. 
Bartlett, Thomas, 53. 
Barttelot, Harriot, 168, 169. 
Batnor, John, 52, 54. 
Battesford, William de, 22. 



Battesson, William de, 21. 

Battle, 45. 

Bax, Alfred Ridlbt. On Inscrip- 
tions IN the Churchyard and Crypt 
OF St. Clement's and in the Croft 
Chapel and Burial Ground, Hast- 
ings, 105-125. 

Bayeux, Odo, Bishop of, 2. 

Bayley, Mary, 108. 

Bazlinton, Anne, 107. 

Beard, Charles, 101. 

Beard, Ralph, 136. 

Beard, Thomas, 91. 

Beatrice, 2. 

Bechinge, Ambrose, 53. 

Beddingham, 53, 61. 

Begg, Mary, 152. 

BeUingham, Edward, 56. 

Beloe, Mary Ann, 119. 



BENBRICK. 



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CARPENTER. 



Benbrick, John, 60. 

Benbricke, Joseph, 59, 63. 

Bentlej, James Prestage, 117. 

Berkhamme, John de, 17. 

Berkhampetead Castle, 19. 

Berwick, 61. 

Best, Mr. John, 117. 

Bestane, William de, 17. 

Bestenoore, William and Robert de, 7. 

Betts, Mary, 140. 

Bevill, Bettj, 111. 

Bevill, Solomon, 111. 

Bexhill, 48, 51, 54. 

Bicklej, Thomas, 55, 61. 

Bide, Thomas, 61. 

Bigg, Susann, 134. 

Biggs, Susann, 134. 

Bignor, 126. 

Bigot, Hugh, 6. 

Binderton, 43. 

Binnes, Thomas, 53. 

Birstj, John, 133. 

Bishop, John, 65. 

Bishop, Thomas, 86, 167. 

Bishoppe, Sir Thomas, 56. 

Blacksione, Francis, 61. 

Blaker, £. B., 66, 88. 

Blaker, Edward, 59. 

Blatchington, 61, 62. 

Board, William, 94. 

Bodle, Abel, 63. 

Bohun, Franco de, 41. 

Bole, John, 24. 

Boll, Margaret, 144. 

Bolney, 48, 52. 

Borewcrd, Thomas, 25. 

Bosham, 6. 

Bourne, Thomas, 107. 

Bowyer, Sir William, 139. 

Bracelets, Bronze, found at Hand 

Cross, Crawley, 172. 
Brade, 2. 

Brakspear, Harold, 67, 73, 82, 84, 88. 
Bramber, Rape of, 3. 
Brampton, 4. 
Bray, Edward, 133. 
Bray, John, 118. 
Brazier, John, 93. 
Breadon, John, 51. 
Breeds, Joseph, 118. 
Brent, Nathaniel, Sir, 64. 
Brett, John, 50, 109. 



, Brett, Thomas, 51. 

Bridger, Alexander, 90. 

Bridger, Robert, 49. 

Brigden, Thomas, 53. 

Brightelmston, 50, 53, 56. 

Bristling, 55. 

British Museum, 75. 

Brockhull, Henry, 135. 

Brodie, R. H., 88. 
! Brook, Edward, 151. 
{ Brooke, Ralph, 64. 
j Brown, Agnes Isabella, 125. 
I Brown, Isabella Jane, 125. 
I Brown, Prisdlla, 116. 

Brown, William, 118. 

Brunskill, Elinor, 96. 

Brunskill, Thomas, 103. 

Bryant, John, 64. 

Buckland, Maurice, 148. 

Bumstead, Hannah, 123. 

Bumstead, J. Wm., 123. 

Burchatt, George, 106 and note, 

Burchatt, John, 108. 

Burdett, John, 111. 

Burgess, John Ray, 123. 

Bumby, John, 43. 

Bume, 12. 

Burpham, 89. 

Burrell, Ninian, 56. 

Burrell, Timothy, 91. 

Burrell, Sir Wm., 45, 93. 

Bursty, Mr. Thomas, 134. 

Burt, Elizabeth, 91, note. 

Burt, John, 91. 

Burtenshaw, Edward, 150. 

Burtenshaw, Thomas, 50. 

Burton, Bryan, 154. 

Burton, Edward, 30. 

Burton, Elizabeth, 118. 

Burton, Joseph, 118. 

Burwash, 50, 57. 

Butcher, Philip, 155. 

Butcher, Sarah, 155. 

Butler, Christopher, 165. 

Butler, George, 165, 166, 168. 

Butler, Mary, 166. 

Buxted, 48, 170. 

Byne, John, 57. 

Byrsey, John, 132. 

Byrstie, Thomas, 136. 

By she, Mathew, 54. 



Calrerley, Mr., 31, 41. 
Cameys, Sir Ralph de, 42. 
Campion, George, 62. 
Canterbury, 67. 
Care, Thomas, 165. 



c. 



Carew, Thomas, 148. 
Carmer, William, 22. 
Camby, Matthew, 62. 
Carpenter, Alice, 139. 
Carpenter, John, 23, 139. 



CABK. 



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COMBER. 



Carr, Alan, 166. 

Carter, Richard, 54. 

Cartwright, 50. 

Carver, Alice, 171. 

Carver, Derick, A bill relating to, 170. 

Carvill, Sir John, Knight, 132. 

Castleacre, 73, 74. 

Cat, Baptism of a, 53. 

Catsfield, 52, 55, 56, 58, 64. 

Cattyn, Hugh, 135. 

Cavye, Thomas, 52. 

Cecil, 26 and note. 

Chailey, 53, 100. 

Challoner, Francys, 145. 

Challoner, Richard, 50. 

Chaloner, Margaret, 149. 

Chaloner, Nicholas, 147. 

Chaloner, Richard, 137, note, 

Chalvington, 60. 

Chambers, John, 51. 

Chapman, Philip, 125. 

Chatfield, Elizabeth, 110. 

Chatfield, Thomas, 145. 

Chauntler, Henry, 147. 

Chichester, 44, 45, 89. 

Chichester, A bequest to the poor at, 

142. 
Chichester, Bishop of, 55. 
Chichester, Hilary, Bishop of, 14. 
Chiddingly, 50, 61, 63. 
Chigand, Thomas, 117. 
Chilwell, William, 25. 
Chitty, George, 94. 
Christchurch, 67. 

Christ's Hospital, Bequest to, 104. 
Christiana, the laundress, 7. 
Church, A curious row in a, 53. 
Churches, A bequest to, 164. 
Churchyard, Charles, 108. 
Clack, Rev. John Morley, Inscription 

on the tablet of, 120. 
Clark, Mr., 1. 
Clarke, Anna, 65. 
Clarke, John, 146. 
Clarke, Somers, 66. 
Clavrigg, 11. 
Clayton, 51, 57. 
Climping, 41. 
Close, Eliza, 109. 
Clune, Thomas, 44, 45. 
Clutton, William, 94. 
Coates, 126. 
Cobden, Henry, 140. 
Cochran, Mary, 113. 
Coffrett, Benjamin, 106. 
Cogger, Thomas, 108. 
Colepepper, John, 22. 
CoUins, EUzabeth, 60, 114. 
Collins, Thomas, 143. 
Comber, Agnes, 144. 
Comber, Alice, 138, 139, 142. 
Comber, AHce, Will of, 142, 143. 



Comber, Amy, 147. 

Comber, Annie, 144, 145. 

Comber, Anthony, 152, 153. 

Comber, Benjamin, 146. 

Comber, Cicely, 133. 

Comber, Dorothy, 133, 145. 

Comber, Dr. Thos., account given, 

133-138. 
Comber, Edward, 131. 
Comber, Eleanor, 137, 145, 146, 147, 

148, 149, 150, 151. 

Comber, Elizabeth, Will of , 141, 153. 
Comber, Elinor, 138, 139. 
Comber, Esther, The will of, 152. 
Comber, Francis, 133, 137, 145, 146, 148, 

150, 151, 153. 
Comber, George, 141. 
Comber, Henry, 133, 136. 
Comber, James^ 141, 148, 150, 151, 153, 

154, 155. 
Comber, James, The will of, 155. 
Comber, Jane, 133, 144, 145. 
Comber, Joane, 138. 
Comber, Joane, Will of, 144. 
Comber, Johanna, 143. 
Comber, John. On Thb Combers op 

Shermanburt, Chichester and 

Allington, 128-156. 
Comber, John, 53, 128, 129, 130, 131, 

132, 138, 139, 140, 141, 146, 147, 148, 

149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154. 
Comber, John, A grant of arms to, 131. 
Comber, John, of Allington, The will 

of, 150. 
Comber, John, of Seddlescombe, The 

will of, 146. 
Comber, John, Will of, 140. 
Comber, Katherine, 141. 
Comber, Lambert, 61. 
Comber, Marianne, 144. 
I Comber, Margaret, 133. 
Comber, Margery, 144. 
Comber, Marie, 134. 
Comber, Mary, 133, 138, 139, 143; 145, 

149, 153. 
Comber, Philip, 145. 
Comber, Richard, 128, 129, 130 and 

m)te, 139, 141, 142, 144. 
Comber, Richard, Will of, 141, 142, 143. 
Comber, Robert, 131, 144. 
Comber, Roger, 129, note, 144, 145, 148. 
Comber, Roger, The will of, 145. 
Comber, Sarah, 145. 
Combers of Shermanburt, Chichester 

AND Allington. By John Comber, 

128-156. 
Comber, SybU, 138. 
Comber, Thomas, A contribution from 

him in defence of the county, 148. 
Comber, Thomas, of Allington, The 

will of, 148. 
Comber, Thomas, Will of, 141, 142. 



COMBER. 



[ 184. ] DE SAHAM. 



Comber, WiUiam, 128, 129, 130, 131, 

132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 144, 

145, 146. 
Comber, William, Will of, 144. 
Cooke, Robert, 131. 
Coomber, Elizabeth, 133, 136, 141, 144, 

152, 153, 155. 
Coomber, Thomas, 129, 131, 132, 133, 

136, 139, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 

150, 151, 154, 155, 156. 
Coomber, Wylliam, 138. 
Cooper, Kev. Canon J. H. On Cuck- 

FiELD Families : The Wardens, 

89-104. 
Corbet, Atheletan, 119. 
Corbett, IVIr. John, 142. 
Corker, John, 98. 
Comwell, Mary, 113. 
Cossum, Elizabeth, 117. 
Cossum, Mary, 117. 
Cotton, John, 134. 
Courthope, F. G., 66, 72, 85, 88. 
Courthopp, John, 90. 
Courthopp, WilUiam, 90. 
Covep, Thomas, 49. 
Covert, Edward, 133. 
Covert, John, 135. 
Cowden, 14, 15. 
Cowden, John, 50. 



Cowdray, 45. 

Cowfold, 59, 136. 

Crakenell, Edward, 166. 

Cramp, Reuben, 108. 

Crawley, 61, 63. 

Crawley, Anne, 102. 

Crawley, Elizabeth and Margaret, 103. 

Cribbell, Allan, 60. 

Crofton, William Charles, 107. 

Cromble, la, 8. 

Cromwell, Richard, 45. 

Cronprest, Rich., 170. 

Crooks, Elizabeth, 109. 

Crooks, William, 109. 

Cropp, William, 9. 

Crouch, John, 112. 

Crouch, Walter, 106. 

Crownall, Richard, 24. 

Crumwell, Lord, 73, 74, 75, 76, 83, 85, 

86, 87. 
Cruttenden, Henry, 55. 
Cuckfield, 48, 51, 55, 58, 89, 90, 91, 165. 
CucKFiELD Families: The Wardens. 

By the Rev. Canon J. H. Cooper, 

Vicar of Cuckfield, 89-104. 
Culpepper, John, 55. 
Cumber, Thomas, 142. 
Currey, Mr., 47. 
Curtis, Elizabeth, 109. 



D. 



Dacre, Lords, 29. 

Dallaway, 38. 

Dallington, 65. 

Damedenesto, 23. 

Dancke, Thomas, 54. 

Danke, John, 49. 

Darrington, Thomas, 148. 

Davey, William, 131. 

Dawson, Thomas, 148. 

Dean, East, 62. 

Dee, Eliza, 122. 

Delves, Sir John de, 20, 21. 

Dene, John, 43. 

Denton, 51. 

d*Abemon, see Abemon. 

de Aldecherche, see Aldecherche. 

de Ardeme, see Ardeme. 

de Audham, see Audham. 

de BattesBon, see Battesson. 

de Battesford, see Battesford. 

de Berkhamme, see Berkhamme. 

de Bestane, see Bestane. 

de Bestenoure, see Bestenoure. 

de Bohun, see Bohun. 

de Cameys, see Cameys. 

de Delves, see Delves. 

de Dives, see Dives. 

de Echingham, see Echingham. 

de Exete, see Exete. 



de Forest, see Forest. 

de Gates, see Gates. 

de Gatesden, see Gatesden. 

de Glanville, see Glanville. 

de Goldingham, see Goldingham. 

de Hampton, see Hampton. 

de Hoo, see Hoo. 

de Horstede, see Horstede. 

de Hylegh, see Hylegh. 

de Kendale, see Kendale. 

de la Haye, see Haye. 

de la Mare, see Mare. 

de la Rede, see Rede. 

de Len, see Len. 

de Levelande, see Levelande. 

de Leybume, see Leybume. 

de Loges, see Loges. 

de liOuvyue, see Louvyne. 

de Monte Acuto, see Monte Acuto. 

de Montfort, see Montfort. 

de Montreal, see Montreal. 

de Munceaus, see Munceaus. 

de Northho, see Northho. 

de Norton, see Norton. 

de Ore, see Ore. 

de Paleme, see Paleme. 

de Ravenser, see Ravenser. 

de Rivallis, see RivalUs. 

de Saham, see Saham. 



DE SAPY. 



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FULLER. 



de Sapy, see Sapy. 

de Seyntcler, see Seyntcler. 

de Stopham, see Stopham. 

de Warrene, see Warrene. 

de Warwick, see Warwick. 

de Wertlyng, see Wertlyng. 

de Wilinton, see Wilinton. 

de Winchelsey, see Winchelsey. 

de Winterselle, see Winterselle. 

de Witsand, see Witsand. 

de Wyntersulle, see Wyntersulle. 

Dicker, Thomas, 52. 

Dickner, Agues, 52. 

Dickner, Thomas, 52. 

Didling, 126. 

Dieppe, 26. 

Ditcheninge, 53, 58. 

Dives, Hemy de, 4. 



Dives, Hugh de, 4. 
DobeU, Elizabeth, 6L 
Dongeou, le, 26. 
Donstall, John, 131. 
Dorothy, WiUiam Myll, 131. 
Dover, 7. 

Drake's advice in 1578, 169. 
Duchy, Chancellor of, 26. 
Dugdale, 40. 
Dumbrell, John, 64. 
Dumbrell, Richard, 56. 
Dungate, 100. 
Dungate, John, 113. 
Dunstall, John, 131, 167. 
Dunstall, Thomas, 137, note, 
Dureford, 44. 
Durford Abbey, 45. 
Durham, 19, 43, 69, 73. 



E. 



Eastbourne, 2, 12, 44, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 

55. 
East Griiistead, 60, 90, 129. 
Ebchester, William, 43. 
Ebeling, Eleanor, 124. 
Echingham, Simon de, 4. 
Echington, 4. 

Edward I. (King), 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, 42. 
Edward II. (King), 17, 19. 
Edward III. (Kmg), 16, 19, 20, 21, 22. 
Edwards, Jonathan, 104. 
Edwards, Robert, 54. 
Egar, J.,45. 
Eldridge, WiUiam, 115. 
Elleswelle, William, 26. 
Elliott, George, 138. 



Fairlight, 51. 
Falmer, 51, 62. 
Farby, John, 51. 
Fennings, John, 115. 
Fennings, Lucy, 115. 
Fenys, James, 26. 
Fermour, John, 26. 
Ferrant, the porter, 7. 
Field, WilUam, 62. 
Fielder E., 45. 
Fiennes, William, 21, 23. 
Fillol, John. 17. 
Firle, 2, 

Firsdon, John, 142. 
Fitness, Alice, 140. 
Fitz-Alan, John, 6. 
Fitz-Cana, Savaric, 40. 
Fitz-Savaric, Savaric, 41. 
Flanders, 41. 
Fletching, 50, 58, 63. 
Folkington, 4, 50, 55. 



Elliott, Henry, 61. 
Elphick, Thomas, 61. 
Ely, 67. 
Endlenwick, 4. 
English, Henry, 52. 
English, Mr., 55. 
Ensing, Thos., 60. 
Eustace, 3. 
Evans, John, 153. 
Evelyn, John, 149. 
Evelyn, Richard, 149. 
Evemden, Thomas, 111. 
Evesham, 7. 
Ewent, Roger, 23. 
Ewhurst, 48, 53. 
Exete, William de, 4. 



F. 



Font, A description of an ancient, at 

Waldron, 127. 
Foord, Mary Ann, 113. 
Ford, 41. 
Ford, Henry, 58. 
Forest, Hugh de, 5. 
Foster, David, 61. 
Foster, Goddard, 50. 
Fowler, Dr., 73. 
Fox, George E., 76. 
Fox, William, 58. 
Foyster, Basil Lloyd, 119. 
Foyster, Mrs. Catharine, 118. 
Foyster, Samuel, 119. 
Francis, James Richard, 124. 
Francis, William, 124. 
Francklin, William, 90. 
Freeland, Joan, 57. 
French, Hannah, 111. 
Fresson, John, 134. 
Fresson, Richard, 134. 
Fuller, John, 51. 



GAITE. 



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HEATH. 



G. 



Gaite, Thomas la, 13. 
Gardiner, Mr. S. R., 47. 
Garraway, Bartholomew, 27. 
Gashott, Edward, 64. 
Gaseon, John, 5S. 
Gates, William de, 19. 
Gatesden, John de, 4. 
Gatford, Lyonel, 91. 
Gaunt, John of, 21, 22, 23. 
Gawen, James, 111. 
Gawen, Joseph, 110. 
Geering, John, 55. 
GeofErey, Bishop, 69. 
Gervase, 7. 
Gibbs, Mary, 113. 
GUderidge, James, 55. 
Gilham, GUbert, 147. 
Giovanni, 75, 77, 79, 80. 
Gladish, William, 51. 
Gladwish, John, 112. 
Glanville, Ranulph de, 41. 
Gloucester, Bishop of, 52. 
Gloucestershire, 40, 67. 
Godman, Elizabeth, 62. 
Godman, Thomas, 57. 
Godynoll, 24. 
Goffe, Joane, 134. 
Goldham, Mary, 141. 
Golding, Mary, 142. 
Golding, Joseph, 116. 
Goldingham, William de, 7. 



Goldyng, Joan, 54. 

Gordon, WiUiam G., 117. 

Goringe, George, 147. 

Gott, Edward, 93. 

Gower, Thomas, 62. 

Gratwick, Elizabeth, 134, 135. 

Gratwick, Henry, 173. 

Gratwick, Humphrey, 173. 

Gratwick, Mary, 145. 

Gratwick, Richard, 134, 136. 

Gratwick, Roger, 173, 174. 

Gratwick, Thomas, 134, 137, 173, 174. 

Gratwicke, Captain John, 173. 

Gratwicke, John, 132, 135, 136, 137. 

Gratwicke, Roger, 137. 

Gratwicke, Sir William, 174. 

Gratwicke, WUliam, 131 ^ note. 

Gray, James, 116. 

Gray, Lord Henry, 26. 

Grayll, John and Ann, 110. 

Greenland, Joseph, 153. 

Greenwood, Clement, 62. 

Gregory, Mr , 75,85. 

Gregory XI., 43. 

Grenecroft, Thomas, 25. 

Grenside, John, 119. 

Grove, John, 26. 

Guilderedge, Thomas, 61. 

Gunier, Mary Ann, 112. 

Gyllam, John, 148. 



H. 



Haig, Margaret, Inscription on the 

tablet of, 121. 
Haig, Margaret, 122. 
Hailsham, 55, 58. 
Hailsham Parish Chest, Inventory of 

Contents of. By L. F. Salzmann, 

159-161. 
HaU, Agnes, 51. 
Hall, Anne, 139. 
Hall, Edmund, 56. 
Hall, Mary, 140, 143. 
Hall, Mr., 56. 
Ham, Henry of, 173. 
Ham, The Manor of, and the Gratwick 

Family, 173, 174. 
Hamden, Edward, 154. 
Hammond, Thomas, 140. 
Hampton, Mr. John, 94. 
Hampton, Ralph de, 40. 
Hamsey, 51. 
Hardham, 44. 

Hardham, Frances, 134, 136. 
Hardham, Nicholas, 90, 91. 
Hardham Priory, 38. 



Hardye, Edwarde, 29. 

Harengaud, Ralph, 4. 

Harman, James, 58. 

Harman, Jane, 114. 

Harman, John, 60. 

Harper, Mr. Andrew, 118. 

Harrison, John, 58. 

Harry, Robert, 24. 

Hastings, 51. 

Hastings, Inscriptions in the Church- 
yard AND Crypt of St. Clement's, 
105-119. 

Hastings, Inscriptions in the Croft 
Chapel and Burial Ground, 120- 
125. 

Haughton, Mr. Thomas, 134. 

Haye, Ralph de la, 4. 

Hcasman, Ann, 101. 

Heathfield, 54, 127. 

Heath, Ellenor, 134. 

Heath, Richard, 135. 

Heath, Robert, 134, 138. 

Heath, Roger, 137. 

Heath, William, 136, 137, 145. 



HEAVES. 



[ 187] 



JOHNSON. 



Heaves, John, 53. 

Heighten, West Firle, 2. 

HeUingly, 49. 

Hempstede, Willm., 170. 

Hen, Richard, 55, 56. 

HendaU, 57. 

Henfield, 56. 

Henry, John, 64. 

Henry I. (King), 2. 

Henry II. (King), 3, 41. 

Henry III. (King), 42. 

Henry IV. (King), 23. 

Henry V. (King), 24. 

Henry VI. (King), 25. 

Henry VII. (King), 26. 

Henry VIII. (King), 48, 74, 76. 

Herbert, Abiezer, 62. 

Hereford, Earl of, 5. 

Herefordshire, 40. 

Hey, John, 135. 

Heyney, Thomas, 166. 

Hibblewhite, Thomas, 51. 

Hickley, John, 50. 

HiU, John, 25. 

Hinson, John, 64. 

Hoby, PhiUip, 74. 

Hoden, Henry, 55. 

Holcroft, Henry, 167. 

Holden, John, 131. 

Holdying, John, 131. 

Holgate Castle, 41. 

Holliday, Hannah, 119. 

HoUoway, Edward and William, 116. 

Holmes, Capt. James, 116. 

Holmes, Francis, 152, 153. 



Holmes, Paul, 152. 

Holney, William, 137. 

Hoo, WiUiam de, 23. 

Hooe, 48, 50. 

Hooker, John, 107. 

Hooker, Robert, 51. 

Hope, W. H. St. John, M.A. On The 

Cluniac PiiioRY OF St. Pancuas at 

Lewes, 66-88. 
Homely, Sir Henry, 163. 
Horsham token, 169. 
Horsted Keynes, 51, 52, 62. 
Horstede, Robert de, 4. 
Hosmer, John, 138. 
Hosmer, Mary, 136. 
Houghton, Thomas, 136. 
Houghton, William, 133. 
Hove, 48, 52. 
Hovell, Henry, 53. 
HoweU, Rev. C. R., 121. 
HoweU, William, 53. 
Hubbard, Mr., 59. 
Hughes, Richard, 142. 
Humble-Crofts, Rev. W. J., 126, 127. 
Hunt, Robert, 54. 
Hunter, Thomas, 165. 
Huntingdon, Dowager Countess of, 93. 
Hurstmonceux, 50, 135. 
Husee, Henry, 6. 
Husee, John, 74. 
Hussey, Nathaniel, 59. 
HutcMnson, James, 109. 
Hutchinson, Sarah, 112. 
Hutchinson, Susannah, 109. 
Hylegh, Simon de, 19. 



Ide, Robert, 56. 

Iden, 51, 54. 

Hesham, 41. 

Ilman, Annis, 61. 

Ilman, William, 148. 

Ilond, 12. 

Ingram, Arthur, 100, 103. 

Ingram, Charles, 100. 

Ingram Family, Description of the 

coat of arms of, 101. 
Ingram, Henry, 96, note. 
Ingram, James, 100, 101. 



Ingram, John, 94, 100. 

Ingram, Martha, 100, 103. 

Ingram, Mary, 103. 

Ingram, Mary, Inscription on the 

monument of, 100. 
Ingram, Thomas, 96, 100, 103. 
Inskipp, Michael, 114. 
Irish, James, 116. 

Irwin, Richard, Viscount, 101 and note, 
Itford, Manor of, 174. 
Ives, Thomas, 99. 



Jackson, John, 163. 
James I. (King), 24, 35. 
Jefferson, Francis, 99. 
Jefferson, Warden, 95. 
Jeuner, Ellis, 58. 



J. 



Jenney, Nicholas, 86, 87. 
Jenner, Thomas, 55, 57. 
Jenner, Stephen, 57. 
John (King), 5, 41, 42. 
Johnson, Mary, 134. 



JOHNSON. 



[188] 



LYNCHMERE. 



Johnson, Phillis, 125. 
Johnson, William, 134. 
Johnston, John Duguid, 123. 
Johnston, Philip Mainwarino. On An 

Ancient Painting at ALDiNOBorRNE 

Chukch, 157-8. 



Johnston, Philip Mainwa&ino. On A 
Supposed Pkb- Conquest Font at 
Waldbon, 126-7. 

Jones, Edward, 50, 59. 

Jordan, John, 112. 

Joyne, Mary, 165. 

Justice, John Thomas, 118. 



K. 



Kempshall, Maria, 89. 

Kempshall, Mary, 90. 

Kendale, Robert de, 17. 

Kenilworth, 7. 

Kenil worth, Diet of, 7. 

Kent, 45. 

Kenward, Messrs., 84, 88. 

Kerby, James, 111. 

Kerby, Mary, 118. 

Keymer, 58. 



Kinder, John, 125. 
King, Samuel, 107. 
King's College Library, 44. 
Kingswell, Edward, 58. 
Kitchiner-Robins, William, 111. 
Knape, Thomas George, 118. 
Knepp Park, 3. 
Knight, Edward, 51. 
Knight, George, 106. 
Knight, William, 113. 



L. 



Lag, Edward, 55. 

Laigle, Gilbert of, 3, 5. 

Laigle, Richer of, 2. 

Lancaster, Duchy of, 27. 

Lancaster, Duke of, 21-23. 

Langford, Anne, 96. 

Langford, Charles, 96, 98, 100. 

Langford, Francis, 100. 

Langford, William, 131. 

Langney, 4, 12. 

Large, Mr., 58. 

Laud, Archbishop, 63. 

Laudesdale, John, 19. 

Laughton, 60, 61. 

Lavington, 41. 

Lawrence, Edward, 139. 

Lawrence, Robert, 150. 

la Gaite, see Gaite. 

La Suse, 41. 

la Ware, see Ware. 

Ledbetter, Samuel, 139. 

Lee, George, 109. 

Lee, James Martineau, 125. 

Leeds, Edward, 53. 

Len, Gelding de, 17. 

Lennox, Lord George, 99 and note. 

Levelande, Roger de, 17. 

Lewes, 45, 53, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70. 

Lewes, Archdbaonry Court of, Notes 
FROM the Act Books of the. By 
Walter C. Renshaw, K.C, 47-65. 

Lewes, Barony of, 91. 

Lewes Priory, 70, 73, 74, 75, 81, 85, 
86. 

Lewes Priory, A letter as to the dimen- 
sions of, 77. 

Lewes Priory, Description of the 
chancel at, 69. 



Lewes Priory, Description of the 

infirmajy hall at, 70. 
Lewes Priory, Receipts on the 

demolition, 86. 
Lewes Rape, Lord of, 3. 
Lewes, St. Michael's, 48. 
Lewes, St. Michael's Church, A gift of 

plate to, 96, note. 
Lewes, The Cluniac Priory op St. 

Pancras at. By W. H. St. John 

Hope, M.A., 66-88. 
Lewkenor, Edward, Sir, 55. 
Leybourne, Sir William, 19. 
Leybume, William de, 17. 
le Masson, see Masson. 
le Sauvage, see Sauvage. 
Lichfield, 41. 
Lichfield, John, 63. 
Lindfield, 48, 89, 90. 
Lintott, Henry, 137, note. 
Lisle, Lord, 74. 
Litlington, 54. 
Littlehampton, 126. 
Loges, Roger de, 6. 
London, Bishop of, 43. 
Lord, Mary Ann, 124. 
Lot, John, 25. 

Louvyne, Nicholas de, 20, 21. 
Love, Eliza, 116. 
Love, William, 116. 
Lucas, Thomas, 57, 169. 
Lucas, Walter, 93. 
Lulham, Thomas, 52. 
Lullington, 56. 
Luxford, George, 57. 
Luxford, John, 90. 
Lynchmere, 42, 45. 
Lynchmere Hill, 31. 



MADGEWICK. [ 189 ] 



NOVINGTON. 



M. 



Madgewick, William, 140, 141. 

Madgwicke, John, 99, 140. 

Madgwicke, Katherine, 140. 

Magdalene College, Oxford, 44. 

Magick, Edward, 142. 

Manisty, John, 103. 

Manisty, Sprigg, 103. 

Mann, Sarah, 112. 

Mare, Agnes de la, 41. 

Maresfield, 14, 53. 

Margaret, Queen, 19. 

Markwick, Ann, 110. 

Markwick, William, 115. 

Marshall, Hannah, 125. 

Marten, John, 53. 

Martineau, David, 125. 

Mascall, John, 147. 

Mascoll, John, 145. 

Mason, Eliza, 125. 

Mason, John, 23, 24. 

Masson, Simon le, 13. 

Masson, William, 9. 

Mathew, Richard, 131, note. 

Mathewman, Constance, 27. 

Matthew, Elynor, 131. 

Mauduit, Robert, 41. 

Maufe, William, 4, 6. 

Maugham, Eleanor, 104. 

Mawdysley, Sir William, 143. 

May family. Particulars of, 122, note. 

Mayfield, 48. 

Maynard, John, 59. 

Maynard, Richard, 59. 

Meeching, 49, 50, 53. 60. 

Meeres, Thomas, 138. 

Merriman, A. E., 123. 

Merssher, John, 24. 

Michell, Ann, 90. 

Michell, Edward, 56. 



Michell, John, 90. 

Michell, Thomas, 149. 

Middleton, Edwarde, 29. 

Middleton, Robert, 59. 

Middleton, Thomas, 140. 

Midhurst, Bohuns of, 40. 

Midlavant, Church of, 42. 

Miller, Elizabeth, 140. 

Miller, Hannah, 140. 

l^Iiller, John, 140. 

Miller, Marke, 143. 

Miller, Mary, 143. 

Miller, Thomas, 140, 142, 143. 

Montague, Bishop, 45. 

Montague, Francis, Viscount, 45. 

Monte Acuto, John de, 2. 

Montfort, Simon de, 6. 

Montreal, Hubert de, 6. 

Montreal, Imbert de, 7. 

Moore, Christian, 63. 

More, Elyott, 91. 

More, Frances, 57. 

More, Thomas, 63, 91, note. 

Morley, Anthony, 135. 

Morris, 50. 

Mortain, Lord William, Count of, 2. 

Morton, Lady Anne, 102. 

Morton, Thomas, 124. 

Morys, John, 170. 

Moryson, Richard, 75, 80, 84. 

Mose, Jonathan, 108. 

Mose, William, 107. 

Mountfield, 64. 

Muddle, Anne, 144, 150. 

Munceaus, William de, 4. 

Mundham, North, 126. 

Mundy, Vincent, 74. 

Myllwarde, John, 27. 



N. 



Navarre, Joan of, 24. 
Naylor, John, 62. 
Neale, WilUam, 54. 
Needlework, Old Sussex, 168. 
Nevill, Dr., 63. 
Newhaven, 26, 58. 
Newtimber, Robert, 43. 
Newton, James, HI. 
Newton, William, 149. 
Nichols, Mary, 123. 
Nicholls, Thomas, 129. 
Norden, James, 98. 
Norfolk, 74. 
Norfolk, Duke of, 73, 74. 



Normandy, Robert, Duke of, 2. 
Northho, WiUiam de, 17. 
Northumberland, Earl of, 44. 
Norton, Denise de, 7. 
Norton, Henrie, 27. 
Norton, James, 171. 
Nott, Anthony, 97, 98, 101, 102. 
Nott, Anthony, Inscription on the tomb 

of, 102. 
Nott, Jane, 98. 
Nott, Prudence, 103. 
Novello, Edward, 118. 
Novington, Mrs. Ann, 94. 



OFFINGTON. 



[190] 



PYCOMBE. 



0. 



Offlngton, Sussex, Copy of an abstract 
of a couveyance of the Manor and 
Mansion House of, 172. 

Okenden, George, 58. 



Okenden, Richard, 131, 165. 
Ore, Roger de, 9, 13. 
Otehall, Wivelsfield, 93. 
Owden, Henry, 55. 



Padiham, Martha, 52. 

Page, Mary, 103, 116. 

Page, Richard, 25. 

Paleme, Henry de, 2, 4. 

Paley, John, 58. 

Palmer, John, 60. 

Palmer, Thomas, 119. 

Parker, Archbishop, 50. 

Parker, Dame Arabella, 119. 

Parker, Mr., 55. 

Parker, Sir George, 119. 

Parmely, John, 63. 

Patcham, 54, 55. 

Patching, John, 58. 

Pavyer, Henry, 23. 

Payne, James, 54. 

Peach, Thomas, 119. 

Peachey, John, 142. 

Peachey, William, 142. 

Peck, John, 140, 142. 

Peck, Mary and others, 140. 

Peers, Mr. C. R., 9. 

Pelham, Abraham, 90. 

Pelham, Edmund, 30. 

Pelham, Edward, 52. 

Pelham, Ellen, 52, 56. 

Pelham, Herbert, 30, 56, 58. 

Pelham, Lady Joan, 23. 

Pelham, Lord Thomas, 93. 

Pelham, Sir Edward, 56. 

Pelham, Sir John, 23, 24. 

Pellatt, Mary, 142. 

Pembroke, Gilbert, Earl of, 3, 5. 

Penfold, Hugh, 109. 

Penfold, John, 49. 

Penfold, Philadelphia, 111. 

Percival, Samuel, 104. 

Percy, Henry, 44. 

Perse, Laurence, 135. 

Peter, the Provencal, 7. 

Peterborough, 67. 

Pevensey, 1, 3, 12, 54, 60. 

Pevensey Castle, Cost of the upkeep of, 
20. 

Pevensey Castle, Documents Relat- 
ing TO, 1-30. 

Pevensey Castle, A siege at, 6. 



Pevensey Castle, The armour at, 8. 

Pevensey, Castle of, 3, 4, 5. 

Pevensey, Churches of, 6, 7. 

Pevensey, Denise of, 7. 

Pevensey, Lord of, 4. 

Pevensey, Reeve of, 7. 

PhQlipa, Queen, 19, 20. 

Phillips, Sarah, 106. 

Pickham, Susan, 90. 

Pickward, John, 63. 

Piddinghoe, 53. 

Pidlesden, William, 54. 

Pigeon, Elizabeth, 101. 

Pilcher, John, 59. 

Pipe Roll for 7 Henry 11., 3. 

Pisseleg, Robert, 13. 

Pitt, Mary, 96. 

Place, Ann H., 123. 

Playden, 48, 62. 

Plumer, James, 150. 

Plumer, Thomasina, 54. 

Plumpton, 50, 149. 

Polhill, John, 114. 

Pollard, Mary, 109. 

Pollard, Robert, 107, 110. 

Polsted, Henry, 73, 74. 

PoNsoNBY, Arthur. On Shulbrede 

PiiioRY, 31-46. 
Poole, Thomas, 115. 
Poor, A bequest to the, 164. 
Pope, Nicholas, 62. 
Pope, Raphe, 57. 
Pope, Thomas, 30. 
Porter, Mrs. Mary, 90. 
Portinari, Giovanni, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 

80, 82, 83, 84. 
Portslade, 52, 55, 59, 64, 65, 166. 
Possingworth, Richard, 26. 
Postlethwaite, John, 55. 
Pratt, Harriet, 119. 
Preston, 59. 
Priesthawes, 29. 
Prior, John, 43. 
Prise, John, 53. 
Puckle, Thomas, 154. 
Pumphiey, John, 114. 
Pycombe John, 131. 



RANGER. 



[191] 



SHIKLEY. 



R. 



Ranger, Charlotte, 112. 

Ranger, William, 112. 

Ravenser, Richard de, 21. 

RawWns, John, 56. 

Rawmere, 43. 

Reade, William, 62. 

Reading Abbey, 69. 

Rede, John de la, 6. 

Reeves, Matilda Sarah, 122. 

Reilly, Daniel, 107. 

Rbnshaw, Walter C. Notes from the 

Act Books of the Archdeaconry 

Court of Lewes, 47-65. 
Richard I. (King), 41. 
Richard, son of William, 2. 
Richards, John, 53. 
Ridge, Elizabeth, 101. 
Ringmer, 48, 52, 90. 
Rivallis, Peter de, 5. 
Rivers, John, 128. 
Rivers, William, 129. 
Roach, C, 112. 
Roades, Agnes, 143. 
Roberts, John, 131, 137, 145, 165. 



Roberts, Rev. Gregory, 137, note, 

Robinson, George, 114. 

Robson, John, 141, 142. 

Rodmell, 51. 

RofEe, Richard, 110. 

Rogers, Henry, 62. 

Rogers, John, 141. 

Rogerson, John, 110. 

Romyn, Henry, 19. 

Rootes, Thomas, 27. 

Roper, James, 105. 

Roper, Mary Ann, 105 and note. 

Rottingdean, 58. 

Rudgwick, 149. 

Rufus, William, 2, 67. 

Russell, Esther Rebecca, 109. 

Russell, Henry, 138. 

Russell, John, 109. 

Russell, Maria Ann, 109. 

Russell, Richard, 53. 

Russell, Thomas, 52, 150. 

RyaU, James, 110. 

Ryber, Richard, 144. 

Rye, 48, 51, 53, 59, 60, 62, 63. 



S. 



Sackvile, Jordan, 4. 

Saham, John de, 19. 

Salzmann, L. F. Documents Relating 
TO Pevensey Castle, 1-30. 

Salzmann, L. F. Inventory of Con- 
tents OF Hailsham Parish Chest, 
159-161. 

Sandwich, 6. 

Sandys, Lord William, 130. 

Sansum, Thos., 114. 

Sapy, Robert de, 17, 19. 

Sargent, Stephen, 114. 

Sauvage, Robert le, 5. 

Savage, Henry, 59. 

Savoy, Peter of, 4, 5, 6, 14. 

Sclater, Dr. Tliomas, 134. 

Scrase, Alice, 164. 

Scrase, Barbara, 165. 

Scrase, Edward, 55. 

Scrase, Elizabeth, 165. 

Scrase, Henry, 62, 164, 165. 

Scrase, John, 167. 

Scrase, Richard, 59, 162, 163, 164, 165, 
166. 

Scrase, Susan, 165. 

Scrase, Tuppen, 164. 

Scrase, Walter, 165. 

Seaford, 11. 

Seddlescombe, 65. 



Sedlescombe, A bequest to the poor of, 

146. 
Sedlescombe Church, A bequest to, 147. 
Selbome, 44. 
Selbome Priory, 42. 
Selbrede, Monastery of, 43. 
Selden, Dorothy, 136. 
Selden, Thomas, 132, 133. 
Selham, 126. 
Selhurst, 49, 52. 
Selmeston, 62. 
Sergison, Charles, 98, 100, 102, 103, 

104 and notes. 
Sergison, Charles, The will of, 103. 
Sergison, Michael, 95. 
Sergison, Prudence, 90. 
Sergison, Thomas, 100. 
Sergison, Warden, 93, 94. 
Seyntcler, John de, 20. 
Shales, Henry, 52, 166. 
Sharpe, Anne, 137. 
Sheather, Thomas, 64. 
SheUey, Henry, 13S. 
Shermanhury. Combers of, 128-156. 
Sherring^n, Walter, 26. 
Sherwold, John, 52. 
Shirley, Sir William Warden, 93, notes, 
Shirley, Thomas, 93. 
Shirley, William, 93. 



SHOTTER. 



[192] 



TYMAN. 



Shotter, Roger, 45, 46. 
Shrewsbury, 41. 
Shropshire, 40. 
Shulbrede, 44, 45, 46. 
Shulbrede, Convent of, 43. 
Shulbrede Priory. By Arthur 

PONSONBY, 31-46. 

Shulbrede Priory, 31, 42, 43. 
Shulbrede Priory, A plan of, 39. 
Shulbrede Priory, A survey of the 

possessions of, 46. 
Shurley, John, 61. 
Simmonds, Rev. Richard, Inscription 

on the tablet of, 120. 
Simon, Master, 9, 12. 
Simons, John, 51. 
Simons, Peter, 53. 
Simpson, William Kent, 122. 
Sinnock, Mary, 125. 
Sisley, Lydia, 110. 
Slaugham, 53, 61, 62. 
Smith, Daniel, 111. 
Smith, Ramsey Hankey, 119. 
Smith, Rev. Andrew, 138. 
Smith, Samuel, 125. 
Smith, WilHam, 97. 
Smyth, John, 24. 
Smythe, Thomas, 51. 
Somerset, 2. 

South Mailing, Deanery of, 48, 52. 
Southover, 52. 
Southover, Lewes, 149. 
Southram, 57. 
Southwick, 56. 
Springett, Herbert, 148. 
Staffordshire, 40. 
Stammer, Edward, 59. 



Stamper, Gteorge, 94. 

Standen, James, 113. 

Stanley Abbey, 82. 

Stanly, Mr. Richard, 141. 

Stansall, John, 55. 

Stansfield, John, 149. 

Stansfield, Ellinor, 149. 

Stapley, Anthony, 167. 

Stapley, Sir John, 167. 

Steers, Thomas, 118. 

Stenning, J. C, 88, 96. 

Stephen, 3. 

Stephens, Mr. Thos., 104. 

Stepney, 85. 

Steward, Anne, 119. 

Stewart, Rev. HaUey, 121. 

Stockden, Dorothy, 65. 

Stokes, Richard, 45. 

Stonward, Ralph, 50. 

Stopham, John de, 20. 

Streate, 53. 

Streatfield, John, 50. 

Strickland, George, 106. 

Strickland, William Trulock, 124. 

Strong, William Angier, 119. 

Stubberfield, Sarah, 108. 

Studd, Joan, 52. 

St. Clare, Sir John, 20. 

St. John, Robert, 6. 

St. Lucy, 17. 

St. Pancras, Cluniac Priory of, 66. 

St. Richard, 14. 

St. Thomas-in-the-Cliffe, 48. 

St. Thomas-m-the-Cliffe, Church of, 

64. 
Sudbury, 60. 
Swifte, Humphrey, 53. 



T. 



Taught, Edward, 105. 
Taylor, Joseph, 143. 
Taylor, Noah, 54. 
Tebay, James, 113. 
Telescombe, 58. 
Temple, William, 124. 
Thacker, John, 29. 
Thatcher, Susannah, 107. 
Thomas, the gatekeeper, 7. 
Thomlinson, John, 96. 
Thornton, Samuel, 98. 
Thornton, William, 136, 156. 
Thunder, Richard, 61, 62. 
Thwaitep, Molly, 113. 
Thwaites, Stephen, 113. 
Thwaites, Thomas, 113. 
Ticehurst, 49, 50, 53. 
Tindall, George, 56. 



Tindall, John, 108. 
Tindall, Mary, 108. 
Tintinhull, 49. 
Tooke, Elizabeth, 152. 
Trindell, Thomas, 91. 
Trotter, Nicolas, 135. 
Trotton, 126. 
Trotton, Manor of, 42. 
Troyle, 45. 

Tuppen, Richard, 53, 60. 
Tutt, Ann, 113. 
Tutt, Mary, 115. 
Tuttesham, Zacharia, 65. 
Twyne, Brian, 60. 
Twynihoe, E(hnond, 27. 
Tyherste, William, 27. 
Tyman, John, 25. 



UDIMOBE. 



[193] 



WILSHAW. 



Udimore, 53. 
Upperton, Clement, 94. 



u. 

I Upton, William, 52. 



Verrall, Thomas, 62. , Vincett, Richard, 55. 

Vicar, A curious complaint as to a, 65. ' Vos, John Michael, 122. 



w. 



Wakeman, William, 136. 
Walberton, 126. 
Waldron, 13, 51. 

Waldron, a Supposed Pre-Conqubst 
Font at. By Philip Mainwarino 
Johnston, 126-127. 
Wales, WiUiam, 63. 
Walford, Ellen, 117. 
Waller, J. A., 100. 
Waller, Jas., 94. 
Walshe, Thomas, 49. 
Walter, Daniel, 101. 
Wampone, Thomas, 43. 
Warden, Anne, 100, note. 
Warden, Francis, 92, 95. 
Warden, Francis, Will of, 92, 93, note, 

94, 95. 
Warden, Jane, The will of, 89. 
Warden, John, 89, 90, 95, 96, 103. 
Warden, John, his monument, 99. 
Warden, John, Monument to, 92. 

Warden, John, the second, Will of, 90, 
91, note. 

Warden, John, the third, 92. 

Warden, John, Will of, 89 90, note, 91, 
note. 

Warden, Mary, 100, 101, note. 

Warden, Matthew, 92. 

Warden, Michael, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100. 

Warden, Prudence, 96, 101, 103. 

Warden, Thomas, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98 and 
notes. 

Warden, Thomas Sergison, 100. 

Ware, John la, 4. 

Warminster, 41. 

Warren, Mr., 60. 

Warren, Thomas, 59, 60. 

Warrene, Earl of, 3. 

Warrene, Isabel de, 2. 

Warrene. John de, 6. 

Wartling, 53, 58, 59. 

Warwick, Earl of, 26. 

Warwick, Turchill de, 40. 

Waterhouse, John, 55. 

XLIX. 



Waverley, 44. 
Waverley Abbey, 45. 
Waynflete, Bishop, 44. 
Weekes, Edmond, 124. 
Weekes, Stephen, 60. 
Weeks, Thomas, 54. 
Wenlock, 73. 

Wertlyng, Richard de, 14. 
West Blatchington Church, Notes con- 
nected with the history of, 162-168. 
Westfield, 53. 
Westham, 24. 
Westham, Church of, 7. 
Westham, Montague Farm, 2. 
West Hoathly, 50, 53. 
Westmeston, 52, 54. 
Westminster, 67. 
West, Richard, 57. 
Wharton, John, 49. 
Wheeler, George, 114. 
Wheeler, Hopestill, 94. 
Wheeler, John, 114, 115. 
Whemhurst, William, 117. 
Whetstone, Sir B., 56. 
Whight, Edward, 118. 
Whitacre, Mr., 60. 
Whitaker, James, 60. 
Whitcombe, Richard, 117. 
White, John, 108. 
White, Mary Martha, 116. 
White, Nathaniel, 153. 
Whitehead, John, 60. 
Whitley, H. Michell, 66, 67, 85. 
Wilinton, Ralph de, 4. 
Willard, Elizabeth, 101. 
Willendon, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20. 
Willett, John, 61. 
William, Earl, 3. 
Williams, Elizabeth, 124. 
Williamson, John, 74. 
WilUs, WiUiam, 112. 
Wilmington, 50. 
Wilmington, Prior of, 4. 
Wilshaw, Thomas, 166. 



WILSON. 



[194] 



ZOUCHE. 



AVilson, Elizabeth, 119. 

Winchelsea, 6, 7, 54. 

Winchelsey, Robert de, 49. 

Winchester, 7. 

Winchester, John Trelawney, Bishop 

of, 101. 
Winter, William, 112. 
Winterselle, John de, 14. 
Witsand, Hankin de, 6. 
Wivelsfield, 49, 51, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64, 

91. 
Wivelsfield Churchyard, A complaint 

as to, 57. 
Wood, Abraham, 125. 



Wood, John A., 59. 
Wood, Richard, 50. 
Wood, William, 114. 
Woodger, Thomas, 91. 
Woodmancote, 55. 
WoodrofEe, Elizabeth, 113. 
Woodroffe, John, 113. 
Woods, Richard, 53. 
Woolger, John, 163. 
Woolley, Elizabeth, 124. 
Wootton, Surrey, 149. 
Worth, 48, 49, 54. 
Wyntersulle, John de, 19. 



Yapton, 126. 
Ydenne, John, 24. 



Yonge, Joan, 55. 

York, Edward, Duke of, 24. 



z. 



Zouche, Lord, 60. 



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